A Denver lawyer who says he was discriminated against and falsely labeled a terrorist because he looks Middle Eastern is seeking a new trial after a federal jury couldn't reach a unanimous verdict in his case.

Qusair Mohamedbhai, a Canadian citizen of East Indian descent who is living and working legally in the United States, is suing Commercial Federal Bank, now known as Bank of the West. He is also suing Genevieve Babcock-Elder, the owner of Colorado Cheque Connection, a background check company.

In a trial that started last week, Mohamedbhai's attorneys said he was turned away from a Denver bank branch in 2004 because Babcock-Elder told a bank employee that he matched the profile of a terrorist.

He also claimed Babcock-Elder later stood up at a banking seminar and told a small group of bankers she thwarted a terrorist, spelling Mohamedbhai's name and accusing him of funneling money for terrorism through the bank years ago.

The defendants denied the allegations.

On Wednesday, jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the claims, which included discrimination and slander.

Mohamedbhai was seeking unspecified monetary damages.

Mohamedbhai's lawyers filed a motion that same day for a new trial "at the court's earliest possible setting."

"We are disappointed with this result, but we are determined to secure a just verdict in the case," attorney Darold Kill mer said in an e-mailed statement. "Discrimination against people of Middle Eastern origin is rampant in our society now, and our system of justice must recognize this malady."