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151472P.pdf 05/31/2016 Jerry Henry v. Danny Burl
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1472
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. Assuming for the purpose of
analysis that plaintiff made a prima facie case of racial discrimination
with respect to his termination as a prison guard, the defendants
established a legitimate, non-discriminatory grounds for the discharge
(violation of prison policy by making a false statement and allowing an
inmate to be present in a forbidden area) which plaintiff failed to show
were pretexts for intentional racial discrimination.