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· 10/7/2011

Goncalves v. Plymouth County Sheriff's Department

Citations

  • 659 F.3d 101
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20397
  • 94 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,290
  • 113 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 805
  • 2011 WL 4715199

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case where she received the lowest interview and written exam scores and lacked critical technical skills and work experience
  • holding that the plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case where she received the lowest interview and written exam scores and lacked critical technical skills and work experience
  • concluding that a candidate's lower interview scores reflected her inferior qualifications
  • stating that the fact that the plaintiff received one of the lowest scores on her pre- employment tests “weighs against [her] assertion that she was qualified”
  • upholding summary judgment in favor of defendant where plaintiff failed to show she had comparable qualifications to hired candidates
  • affirming grant of summary judgment for the employer because the plaintiff \failed to show that she was . . . qualified\ and thus could not \meet her burden of showing a prima facie case of discrimination\

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Judges: Lynch, Torruella, Thompson

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