of training, possibly racially based, created an atmosphere where he continued to fall behind in his work such that even the subsequent individualized training could not remedy his shortcomings. A jury could therefore infer that the initial lack of training set off a chain of events that lead to a racially motivated decision to fire him. c. Similarly situated employees Plaintiff claims that he was treated differently from several similarly situated non-African-American employees who were transferred to other projects at the time he was terminated. To establish that another employee is similarly situated, the plaintiff must present evidence that the conduct for which he was fired was nearly identical to that of the other employee. See Smith v. WaV-Mart Stores (No. 471), 891 F.2d at 1178 (<HOLDING>); Green v. Armstrong Rubber Co., 612 F.2d 967,
holding that plaintiff was not similarly situated to another employee who also engaged in protected activity for purposes of plaintiffs retaliation claim holding that a plaintiff who did not show that he was paid at a lower rate than similarly situated employees could not survive summary judgment holding that employee who violated a different policy of the store than plaintiff was not similarly situated holding that a similarly situated employee is one who is comparable to plaintiff in all material respects holding in a challenge to a zoning deci sion that the plaintiff was not similarly situated to others who received different treatment for different reasons