151494P.pdf   03/16/2016  Thomas Denn  v.  CSL Plasma
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1494
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment Discrimination. In this action alleging gender 
   discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act, the employer provided 
   non-sex-related grounds for plaintiff's discipline and termination which 
   were credible; nor did the evidence show that the employer treated 
   plaintiff unfavorably relative to similarly situated female employees; 
   plaintiff failed to provide direct evidence of discrimination and a 
   statement he relied on to establish this was not made by persons involved 
   in the decisional process; with respect to plaintiff's claim that another 
   male employee also suffered discipline based on his gender, the testimony 
   from that employee did not specify the nature of the treatment or whether 
   it involved the type of discipline plaintiff received and, as a result, it 
   was not sufficient to defeat summary judgment for the defendant; plaintiff 
   failed to establish a causal connection between his discrimination 
   complaint and his discipline, and his retaliation claim must fail.