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201489P.pdf   06/10/2021  Maria Towery  v.  Mississippi County AR Economic
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1489
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Northern   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Loken and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. In the absence of direct evidence 
   of discrimination, plaintiff's claims are considered under the McDonnell 
   Douglas framework; plaintiff did not plead a case of discrimination 
   relying on circumstantial evidence and plaintiff does not argue in her 
   opening brief that she could satisfy the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting 
   framework; because plaintiff did not show evidence of pretext or that she 
   could satisfy the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework either 
   before the district court or in her opening brief on appeal, she cannot 
   prove a circumstantial case of discrimination.