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Parties Involved:
Albert J. Davis
Appellant
Francis J. Harvey
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-3171

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Albert J. Davis, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Arkansas.

Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the *

Army, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: September 5, 2006

Filed: September 12, 2006

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Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Albert Davis appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

in his employment-discrimination action against his employer, the Department of the

Army (DOA). Having carefully considered each of Davis’s arguments on appeal, see

Kasper v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co., 425 F.3d 496, 502 (8th Cir. 2005) (de novo

standard of review), we agree with the district court that Davis failed to establish that

the DOA’s proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its decision not to

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promote him--that the hiree received a higher interview score and possessed better

skills for the job--were pretextual. See Gilooly v. Mo. Dep’t of Health & Senior

Servs., 421 F.3d 734, 739 (8th Cir. 2005) (burden-shifting analysis). Accordingly, we

affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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