Cortezano v. Salin Bank & Trust Co.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Kristi Cortezano filed suit against her former employer, Salin Bank & Trust Company, alleging national-origin discrimination based on her marriage to Javier Cortezano, a Mexican citizen whose presence in the United States was unauthorized. (We use the couple’s first names to avoid confusion.) The district court granted Salin Bank’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Kristi failed to establish that her firing was based on an impermissible reason. Kristi now appeals. We find that any discrimination that led to Kristi’s firing was not based on Javier’s race or national…