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Parties Involved:
Iowa Quality Beef
Appellee
Terry Jordan
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1930

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Terry Jordan, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Iowa Quality Beef, * Northern District of Iowa.

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Appellee. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: August 5, 2004

Filed: October 12, 2004

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Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Terry Jordan appeals the district court’s preservice dismissal of his complaint

for failure to state a claim. Jordan, who is African-American, alleged he was rehired

by Iowa Quality Beef; on the day he was to start work he was informed the offer of

rehire was rescinded; and the decision not to rehire him was based upon his race and

other impermissible factors. 

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

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

se complaint, liberally construed, satisfied federal pleading requirements by providing

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Iowa Quality Beef notice of his claim of discrimination in its decision not to rehire

him. 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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