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IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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ve rs us MIAM I-DADE COUNTY, Poli ti cal Subd iv is io n, M IAMI- DADE CORREC TIONS AND REHABILITATION, TIMOTHY RYAN, Direct orof Mi am i-Da de Co rrec ti on s an d R eh ab il it at io n, M ARYDELL GU EVARA, Depu ty Dire ct orof M ia m i-Da de Co rrec ti on s an d R eh ab il it at io n, Defen da nt s- App el le es .

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t forth e So ut he rn Dis tri ctof F lo rid a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (No ve m be r 2, 2 01 2) Befo re TJ OFLAT, CARNES andMARCUS , Cir cu itJu dg es . PER CURI AM:

Case: 11-13293 Date Filed: 11/02/2012 Page: 1 of 4Thi s i s a r et al ia ti on su itbro ug htun de r Tit le VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2 00 0e -3 (a)

ag ai ns t M ia m i-Da de Co un ty by Aaro n J ack so n, a l ie ut en an t wi th th e Co un ty’ s Dep art m en t o f Co rrec ti on s an d R eh ab il it at io n. Aft er h e was de ni eda pr om ot io n to th e p os it io n o f Co rrec ti on al Cap ta in in 20 04 , Jac ks on fil eda co m pl ai ntwith t he Equ al Em pl oym en t Op po rtu ni ty Comm is si on (“ EEOC”) cl ai m in g t ha t h e was de ni edth e p ro m ot io n o n a cco un t o f hi s ra ce, b la ck . Jac ks on di d n otpu rs ue th e cl ai m an d c on ti nu edon in hi s emplo ym en t. The see ds forth e p res en t l it ig at io n wer e p la nt edin Ju ly 200 7, wh en th e Dep art m en t p os te d ava can cy in th e Co rrec ti on al Cap ta in po si ti on . Jac ks on kn ew of th e p os ti ng bu t d idno t ap pl y . The Dep art m en t p os te d ava can cy in th e Co rrec ti on al Cap ta in po si ti on ag ai n i n 2 00 9. As be fo re, J ack so n, wh o l ack eda ba ch el or ’s deg ree, o ne of t he requi rem en ts forth e p os it io n, d idno t ap pl y . In an y
ev en t, the po st in g was wit hd rawn be cau se th e b ach el or ’s deg ree r equi rem en t h ad

no t b een ap pr ov edby the Co un ty’ s Hu m an Res ou rce ( “ HR”) d ep art m en t. HR

su bs eque nt ly app ro ve d t he requi rem en t, h owe ve r, an d t he job was re po st ed , in Feb ru ary 20 10 . Jac ks on , st il l l ack in g aba ch el or ’s deg ree, d idno t ap pl y . A few da y s l at er, h e fi le d ach arg e wit h t he EEOC, clai m in g t ha t t he Depa rtment ret al ia te d a ga in sthi m

in 20 07 , 20 09 an d 2 01 0 fo r fi li ng th e EEOC ch arg e in 20 05 by add in g aba ch el or ’s deg ree jo b re qu ire m en t fo r th e Co rrec ti on al Cap ta in

2 Case: 11-13293 Date Filed: 11/02/2012 Page: 2 of 4po si ti on . Afterrece iv in g h is rig ht -to -s ue let te r, he bro ug htth is laws ui t. 1 Fo ll owi ng di sc ov ery, th e Dep art m en t m ov edth e Dis tri ctCo ur t fo r su m m ary jud gm en t. The co ur t g ran te d i ts m ot io n. In it s d is po si ti ve ord er en te redon Ju ne 30 , 20 11 , th e co ur t fo un d t ha t J ack so n’s cl ai m fai le d b ecau se he ha d n otap pl ie d fo r an y of t he po si ti on s an d, h adhe ap pl ie d, h e wou ldno t h av e b een ch os en be cau se he lac ke d aba ch el or ’s deg ree. Mo reo ve r, th e 2 00 7 fa il ur e-t o- pr om ot e cl ai m was t im e-b arre d, an d t he 20 10 cla im was b arre d b ecau se hi s 2 01 0 EEOC ch arg e fai le d t o a ll eg e th atth e b ach el or ’s-d eg ree r equi rem en t i n t he 20 10 po st in g
The c harg e stated: 1 I believe t h at I have been reta liated ag ainst by the depar tment and by Marydell Gueva ra (D ep u ty Direc tor) because I filed an EEOC char g e aga inst Respondent i n 2005 alleg ing f

ailure to promote be cause of my rac e, blac k. In 2005, Susan Torrie nta assure d me that the promotion proce ss would be chang ed. Shortly there afte r, Deputy Direc tor Mary dell Gueva

ra (Hispanic) made the statement that as long she was Deputy , I would never be prom o t ed to Correc tional Captain since that time. In 2007 and September 2009, Respondent’s job announce ment for the Correc tional Captain position stated that applicants must have a bache lor’s degree . I do not have a bache lor’s degre e an d d id not appl y for the position. In September 2009, I lear ned that Respondent d i d n ot ha ve approva l to cha

ng e the qualifications for the Correc tional Captain position by lis t i n g b ac h elor’s degree as a require ment. This was verifie d by L inda Webber in the compensation d ep ar t ment and the 2009 job announce ment was withdrawn. I have serve d as Acting Corre ctional Cap t ai n o n m an y o cca sions and I am qualified for the pos i t i o n . I b el ieve that the job require ment for the Correc tional Captain position w a s chang ed from the 2000 v er s i o n (whic h did not requi re a bache lor’s degre e ) in an eff ort to preve nt me from being promoted.

3 Case: 11-13293 Date Filed: 11/02/2012 Page: 3 of 4was inret al ia ti on forhi s 2 00 5 EEOC ch arg e. Ja ck so n n ow ap pe al s, ar gu in g t ha t

he est ab li sh eda pr im a fac ie cas e o f ret al ia ti on su ffi ci en t t o c arry his cas e to a jury. Fo r th e rea so ns st at edin th e Dis tri ctCo ur t’s J un e 3 0, 2 01 1 o rd er, we fi ndno m eri t in hi s ar gu m en t. AFFIR MED.

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