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091465P.pdf   11/17/2010  Veronica Alvarez  v.  Des Moines Bolt Supply Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1465
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Beam and Bye, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to show defendant's proffered reason for suspending her was a pretext for a retaliatory motive, and the district court did not err in granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiff's retaliation claim; plaintiff's claim for constructive discharge failed because she did not show that she notified defendant about the post-suspension conduct she claims caused her to resign; the sexually-oriented remarks by plaintiff's co-workers did not amount to actionable sexual harassment; with respect to plaintiff's complaints about later conduct, defendant was not liable because it took remedial corrective action; with respect to post-suspension incidents, plaintiff failed to show a truly credible threat of retaliation that would excuse her failure to provide defendant with notice of the harassment. Judge Beam, concurring in part and dissenting in part.