Parveen Ahmed v. American Red Cross

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In March of 1997, the American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region discharged Dr. Parveen Ahmed. Dr. Ahmed claims that (1) the defendant terminated her because of her race, religion, national origin, and gender, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and (2) the defendant retaliated against her for filing an earlier discrimination charge, in violation of Title VII. The District Court 1 granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The plaintiff lost her job when…