Case Name: Wanda SMIAROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIP MORRIS USA, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-09-15
Citations: 197 F. App'x 56
Docket Number: No. 05-6259-cv
Parties: Wanda SMIAROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIP MORRIS USA, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: PRESENT: Hon. RICHARD J. CARDAMONE, Hon. ROGER J. MINER, Hon. DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 197
Pages: 56–57

Head Matter:
Wanda SMIAROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIP MORRIS USA, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 05-6259-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 15, 2006.
Allan S. Bloom, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP (Jacqueline M. Ceurvels, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellee.
PRESENT: Hon. RICHARD J. CARDAMONE, Hon. ROGER J. MINER, Hon. DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff Wanda Smiarowski claims that defendant discriminated against her on the basis of age in declining to interview or hire her. We assume familiarity with the facts, the procedural history, and the issues on appeal. This Court reviews a grant of summary judgment de novo. Mackey v. Bd. of Educ., 386 F.3d 158, 163 (2d Cir.2004).
To survive summary judgment, Smiarowski must establish a prima facie discrimination case by adducing facts or circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination. Defendant's request for plaintiffs year of entry into the workforce — a question bearing on work experience — does not alone support such an inference.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.