Brown v. City of Houston, TX

CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Rosalind Brown (“Brown”), a black female, asserts that the district court erred in granting summary judgment to the City of Houston (“the City”) on her cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

From 1989 to 1998, Brown worked for the City’s Health and Human Services Department (“the Department”) as a Sanita- rían II, which required her to conduct inspections of restaurants to ensure they complied with City ordinances on food storage, preparation, and handling. On March 20, 1998, Chirag Bhatt (“Bhatt”), Division Manager of the…