Pakistani Muslim Doctor Loses Ethnic Bias Suit Against Practice

An Illinois surgeon who said he wasn’t invited to become a shareholder in an ear, nose, and throat practice because he is a Muslim of Pakistani ancestry didn’t produce evidence that religious or ethnic bias caused the adverse employment action, a federal court in the state said.

Khurram Rashid didn’t show that a similarly situated employee of Peoria Ear, Nose & Throat Group SC was treated more favorably than he was, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois said Monday in granting summary judgment for the practice.

Rashid argued he was “similarly situated” to a doctor who ...