LaBrittany Hassen v. Ruston Louisiana Hospital Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
DON R. WILLETT, Circuit Judge:
In this Title VII race-discrimination case, LaBrittany Hassen contends that Ruston Louisiana Hospital denied her a full-time nurse position and later fired her from her part-time position because she's black. The district court granted summary judgment to the hospital, concluding that Hassen failed to satisfy the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework. We AFFIRM.
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LaBrittany Hassen worked at a large hospital called the Northern Louisiana Medical Center as a PRN nurse.1 "PRN" stands for "pro re nata"-a Latin phrase, which (roughly translated) means "in the…
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