Opinion ID: 2750728
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Heading: District Manager Promotions

Text: At some point (Holmes does not remember when), Holmes took the District Manager test and began to apply for District Manager promotions. Although it was theoretically possible to be promoted directly to District Manager without first being promoted to Senior Officer, Holmes was unaware of any such promotions. Between January 2005 and April 2013, 19 officers were promoted to District Manager, 12 of whom were white and 13 of whom were male. In October 2008, Holmes’s name appeared on a newly created promotional register for a District Manager position, along with 67 other candidates. Ten candidates were listed in band 01. Holmes and 42 other candidates were listed in band 02, and the remaining 15 candidates were listed in band 03. Thus, at that time, Holmes was “ranked” eleventh in the state, but he was tied for that position with 41 other band 02 applicants. On November 26, 2008, Stephanie Woodruff, a black woman who also was on band 02, received the promotion. According to a printout from the State Personnel Board’s website, in August 2010, Holmes’s name appeared on a “current” promotional register for a District Manager position. The printout listed Holmes’s statewide rank as tenth, but did not indicate how many other candidates were on the register. State Personnel 9 Case: 14-11330 Date Filed: 11/13/2014 Page: 10 of 22 Department records indicate, however, that no District Manager promotions occurred in 2010. In July and August 2011, three white males were promoted to District Manager positions. Holmes appeared on those promotional registers, and was considered for the three promotions, but was not selected.