Mynatt v. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.

Plaintiff Doyle Mynatt appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant Lockheed Martin Energy System, Inc. (LMES) in his employment discrimination suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title YII) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. In September 1999, My-natt was terminated from LMES as part of a reduction-in-force (RIF), and he subsequently sued LMES, claiming that it terminated him and failed to promote him because he is African-American, created a hostile work environment, and paid him less than a white coworker. Mynatt withdrew his failure-to-promote claim, and the…