Case Name: Vicky M. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. NONPAREIL, AN IOWA CORPORATION, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-12
Citations: 111 F. App'x 867
Docket Number: No. 04-1626
Parties: Vicky M. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. NONPAREIL, AN IOWA CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 111
Pages: 867–867

Head Matter:
Vicky M. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. NONPAREIL, AN IOWA CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 04-1626.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 4, 2004.
Decided Nov. 12, 2004.
Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Vicky Wright applied for an editor position with a newspaper owned by Nonpareil. The managing editor interviewed Wright, but hired a candidate who, unlike Wright, had newspaper editing experience and was familiar with the software used by the paper. Wright brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1981 action, claiming Nonpareil refused to hire her because of her race. The district court granted Nonpareil's motion for summary judgment, and Wright appeals.
Assuming without deciding that Wright established a prima facie case of discrimination, we agree with the district court that she failed to show Nonpareil's articulated nondiscriminatory reason for not hiring her was a pretext for race discrimination. See Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 878 F.3d 799, 803-06 (8th Cir.2004). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.