Othman v. City of Country Club Hill, No. 11-1142 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, born in Jordan, filed suit alleging that the City discriminated against him based on his national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. The magistrate judge granted summary judgment in favor of the city. The court affirmed and held that plaintiff failed to establish that Captain Adler was a decisionmaker and thus had not presented direct evidence of discrimination; the record failed to support an inference that Adler's discriminatory animus was a proximate cause of the police chief's decision to forego hiring plaintiff for a full-time position; plaintiff failed to establish that he was a more qualified candidate; and the police chief's explanation had some basis in fact and did not support an inference of pretext.
Court Description: Civil Case - employment discrimination. The record does not support an inference that the subordinate was the decisionmaker or that subordinate's discriminatory animus was the proximate cause of the decisionmaker's decision to forego hiring plaintiff for a full-time police officer position. Record did not show that plaintiff was better qualified that officers selected for position; similar qualifications doe not raise inference of discrimination.
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