Lisa Mulrain v. Julian Castro

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

Lisa Mulrain, an employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), appeals a summary judgment order rejecting her claim of workplace racial discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Because Mulrain has failed to identify evidence from which a reasonable jury could find that her non-promotion was racially discriminatory, we affirm.

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Mulrain, an African-American, has worked as an attorney-advisor in the Finance Division of HUD’s Office of General Counsel since 2000. The Finance…