
    Larry Dale ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation doing business in the State of Washington, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 00-35562.
    D.C. No. CV-99-01262-TSZ.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted Dec. 17, 2001 .
    Decided Dec. 27, 2001.
    Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Allen's request for oral argument is denied.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Larry Dale Allen appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Boeing Company in his wrongful discharge action pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act, (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2617(a)(2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s summary judgment, Margolis v. Ryan, 140 F.3d 850, 852 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of Boeing. Allen may not assert FMLA protections for his absence from work because Allen did not timely notify his employer that his absence from work was due to a bout of the gout. See 29 C.F.R. § 825.208(e)(1); Rowe v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., 244 F.3d 1115, 1118 (9th Cir.2001).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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