Mary Ward v. First Federal Savings Bank, N/k/a Pinnacle Bank

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

First Federal Savings Bank 1 fired Mary Ward for persistent violations of bank policy and security protocols at the branch that Ward managed. Ward, who is African-American, contends that the bank subjected her to racial harassment, that the decision to terminate her was racially discriminatory and, alternatively, that it amounted to retaliation for a charge she had filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging harassment. 2 The district court granted sum mary judgment in favor of the bank. We affirm.

I. 3

First Federal hired Ward as an…