201192P.pdf   05/17/2021  Joseph Carter  v.  Atrium Hospitality
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1192
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Erickson, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Absent further instruction from 
   the Iowa Supreme Court, the court will apply the McDonnell Douglas 
   framework to claims under the Iowa Civil Rights Act; plaintiff's race 
   discrimination claim failed because the plaintiff had not presented 
   evidence that the context of his termination warranted an inference of 
   discrimination, and the district court did not err in granting summary 
   judgment for the employer; with respect to whether plaintiff made a prima 
   facie case of race discrimination on his failure-to-promote claim, 
   plaintiff failed to show the legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons the 
   employer provided for selecting other candidates were pretexts for race 
   discrimination; on plaintiff's hostile work environment, plaintiff failed 
   to show that the complained-about conduct was so abusive or severe that it 
   in effect altered the terms of his employment, and the district court did 
   not err in granting the employer summary judgment on the hostile work 
   environment claim.