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022840P.pdf   08/06/2003  Shareif Elmahdi  v.  Marriott Hotel
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-2840
   Western District of Missouri   
   Civil case - civil rights. Batson challenge rejected; plaintiff failed to 
   show the workplace was permeated with racially discriminatory 
   comments or conduct and the district court did not err in granting 
   judgment as a matter of law on his Sec. 1981 hostile work claim; 
   challenges to evidentiary rulings rejected; challenged to jury 
   instructions on sexual harassment rejected; plaintiff failed to 
   show the employer's stated ground for his discharge was a pretext 
   for sex-based discrimination.