Farver v. McCarthy, No. 18-2789 (8th Cir. 2019)
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The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment in an action challenging the decision of the Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA) not to hire plaintiff. Under the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework, the court held that plaintiff failed to show that PBA's reasons for hiring other candidates were pretextual. In this case, no reasonable factfinder could conclude that the decision to hire other candidates was motivated by race, where such a conclusion would require speculation because plaintiff has not produced
sufficient evidence to raise a reasonable inference of discrimination.
Court Description: Grasz, Author, with Shepherd and Melloy, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to show the stated grounds for defendants' decision to hire other candidates were pretexts for race discrimination; no reasonable factfinder could find defendants' decisions were motivated by plaintiff's race.
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