Opinion ID: 4460749
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Heading: The Denial of an Interview

Text: Ms. Greer simultaneously served in the Navy Reserves and worked as a security guard at the Wichita Art Museum. After about five years as a security guard, Ms. Greer learned of a vacancy for the museum’s “Operations Supervisor.” She and one other person applied. A city employee, Ms. Olivia Hensley, screened the applications and decided not to advance Ms. Greer to the next stage, where she would have been interviewed. That decision sparked this suit. Ms. Hensley attributes the denial of an interview to Ms. Greer’s lack of qualifications. The new job required at least one year of prior supervisory work in particular fields. See Part IV(A)(2)(b), below. In light of this requirement, the application called for Ms. Greer to state how many people she supervised. She answered “2,” but identified her job title only as “Security” and didn’t list any supervisory duties. Based on the job title and the absence of any listed supervisory duties, Ms. Hensley testified that Ms. Greer’s application had shown a lack of supervisory experience. Ms. Greer disagrees with this explanation, contending that Ms. Hensley was actually following instructions from Dr. Patricia McDonnell, who was the museum’s executive director. According to Ms. Greer, Dr. 3 McDonnell harbored anti-military animus and blocked any promotions for Ms. Greer while she remained in the military.