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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1231

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Billy Roy Tyler, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Southern

v. * District of Iowa.

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Harrah’s Council Bluffs Casino, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: July 30, 2004

Filed: July 30, 2004

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Before BYE, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Billy Roy Tyler appeals the district court’s preservice dismissal without

prejudice of Tyler’s complaint for failure to state a claim. Tyler, who is AfricanAmerican, alleged he appeared at Harrah’s Casino in July 2003 to apply for a job and

was told he must apply online; a “glitch in [the] program . . . prevented [him] from

applying”; he did not see any African-Americans working at the casino; and he was

thus the victim of job discrimination. 

We grant Tyler leave to appeal in forma pauperis. Having carefully reviewed

the record, we conclude preservice dismissal was inappropriate because Tyler’s

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complaint, liberally construed, satisfied federal pleading requirements by providing

Harrah’s Casino notice of Tyler’s claim of race-based discrimination in its

employment-application process. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2); Swierkiewicz v.

Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 514-15 (2002); Smith v. St. Bernards Reg’l Med. Ctr.,

19 F.3d 1254, 1255 (8th Cir. 1994). 

Accordingly, we reverse the dismissal and remand for further proceedings in

accordance with this opinion.

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