213038P.pdf   03/23/2023  Inge Smothers  v.  Rowley Mem. Masonic Home
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-3038
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Kelly and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment Discrimination. The district court did not abuse 
   its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion to compel the Iowa Department 
   of Inspection and Appeals to provide additional information about an 
   investigation into plaintiff's conduct; plaintiff failed to provide direct 
   evidence of age discrimination; applying the McDonnell Douglas framework 
   to the claim, plaintiff failed to present any evidence that created an 
   inference that age discrimination motivated her five-day suspension or her 
   indefinite suspension; plaintiff failed to show that age discrimination 
   motivated defendant's decision to deny her backpay as she failed to show 
   substantially younger, similarly situated employees received back pay; 
   because plaintiff has failed to create an inference that defendant's 
   decisions were motivated by her age, she failed to make a prima facie case 
   of age discrimination; plaintiff failed to raise an inference of age 
   discrimination, and so she failed to establish her claim of constructive 
   discharge under Iowa law.