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181632P.pdf   07/31/2019  Pamela Mahler  v.  First Dakota Title Ltd Partner
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1632
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Wollman and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to produce direct 
   evidence of retaliation and the case was properly analyzed under the 
   McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework; assuming plaintiff made a 
   prima facie case of retaliation, plaintiff failed to establish defendant's 
   stated grounds were pretexts; plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie 
   case of hostile work environment based on sex; plaintiff could not show 
   she experienced harassment so severe or pervasive so as to constitute a 
   materially adverse action and her claim for hostile work environment for 
   engaging in protected activity failed; plaintiff waived her claim for 
   discrimination based on gender.