Opinion ID: 786178
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Heading: Failure to Create a Management Position

Text: 13 Williams also contends that Donnelley's refusal to create a management position for her was discriminatory. Again, Williams has failed to establish the required elements of a prima facie case. As a threshold matter, Williams presented no evidence suggesting that Donnelley intended at that time to create a management position in the Las Vegas office or that its failure to create a management position for her in Las Vegas was discriminatory. 14 Williams alleged that Donnelley appointed a white male to a management position in the Las Vegas office several months later, and that two white males were appointed to District Manager positions in the Las Vegas office in 1999. These allegations, however, do not support Williams' argument that Donnelley's refusal to create a management position for her in the Las Vegas office was motivated by discriminatory intent. There is no indication that any of the later-filled positions were created for the appointed white employees. Indeed, the record evidence suggests only that the Las Vegas District Manager positions were vacant, and Donnelley filled the vacancies with qualified employees. Thus, these appointments do not raise an inference of discrimination with respect to Donnelley's failure to create a management position for Williams in the Las Vegas office. In fact, Williams has not shown that Donnelley has ever created a position for an employee — white or otherwise — who sought a transfer for purely personal reasons. 15 Because Williams has not proffered evidence sufficient to support the inference that Donnelley's refusal to create a management position for her in Las Vegas was motivated by discriminatory animus, this claim also fails.