William E. ELMORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPSTAN, INC., Defendant-Appellee

KANE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff employee, an African-American, initiated this Title VII action against his employer claiming his discharge for violating a work rule was the result of intentional discrimination based on race. The employee alleged disparate treatment, contending defendant disciplined non-minority employees more leniently for similar conduct. After a two-day bench trial, the district court found that while the employee had established a prima facie ease of disparate treatment, he had not established this treatment was the result of intentional discrimination based on race.…