JENNINGS v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 06-1637.

496 F.3d 764 (2007)

Mark JENNINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Fieweger (argued), Katz, Huntoon & Fieweger, Moline, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul Berks (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Mark Jennings filed suit against his former employer, the State of Illinois Department of Corrections ("IDOC"), claiming that IDOC had discriminated against him based on his national origin, Mexican-American, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to IDOC. Jennings filed a timely appeal, and we affirm.

I. Background

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