Legal Opinion
Qamhiyah v. Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2009No. 08-2548PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*735MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Abir Qamhiyah appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment dismissing her employment-discrimination claims against Iowa State University of Science and Technology (“ISU”) and the Iowa Board of Regents (the “Board of Regents”). We affirm.
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“We recite the facts in the light most favorable to [Qamhiyah], as the nonmoving part[y].” O’Brien v. Dep’t of Agric., 532 F.3d 805, 808 (8th Cir.2008).
A. Background
Qamhiyah is a Palestinian woman who was born in Kuwait. She practices Islam. ISU hired Qamhiyah in 1996 as a full-time, non-tenured Assistant…
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