VIRGINIA C. RODRIQUEZ, Plaintiff - Appellant v. WAL-MART STORES, INCORPORATED, doing business as Sam's Club, Defendant - Appellee, 540 Fed. Appx. 322

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HOLDINGS: [1]-A former employee's age and national origin discrimination claims under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act failed because her employer stated that it terminated her based on violations of company policy, and she did not show that reason was pretextual; she did not show that another employee received preferential treatment under nearly identical circumstances, and alleged disparaging comments by a non-decisionmaker did not establish a discriminatory motive for her termination; [2]-A claim that the employee was terminated in retaliation for filing internal complaints failed because the complaints did not reference discrimination or any unlawful employment activity and because no causal link to her termination was shown in light of the lapse of time between the events.