Dawn White v. Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority

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• holding that, in the analogous failure-to-promote context, the fourth element requires “the plaintiff to establish that she and the non-protected person who ultimately was hired for the desired position had similar qualifications”
• concluding that no direct evidence of discrimination where even if a jury were to believe an employer’s comment that he wanted a “grass roots guy” for an open position, a conclusion of discrimination was not compelled
• stating that a plaintiff may show pretext \by showing that the proffered reason was insufficient to warrant the challenged conduct.\
• stating that a plaintiff may show pretext “by showing that the proffered reason was insufficient to warrant the challenged conduct.”
• explaining that an employer’s failure to follow its own policies cannot alone indicate pretext
• reviewing the plaintiff’s qualifications when analyzing the second and fourth prongs of the prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas did not impermissibly conflate them

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