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054055P.pdf 12/08/2006 Brenda Arnold v. Nursing and Rehab.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-4055
and No: 05-4270
Eastern District of Arkansas
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Chief Judge Loken and Gruender,
Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - employment discrimination. Grant of summary judgment to
employer on claim of employment discrimination is affirmed. District
court erred in requiring employee to show she was performing job
satisfactorily rather than being merely qualified to satisfy prima facie
case, but employee did not offer proof decision to terminate for verbal
abuse was pretextual and did not show racial animus was behind decision
to terminate for misconduct. District court's denial of attorneys fees
was not an abuse of discretion.