United States Eighth Circuit

A Title VII plaintiff cannot establish that his federal rights were violated when he was not promoted to a college dean position, where plaintiff was notified of the job opening and failed to apply. District Court erred in denying a chancellor's motion for qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/14/2003
• Published 01/14/2003

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, LOKEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, MELLOY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rhonda M. Thornton, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melissa S. Woods, argued, New York, New York (John W. Walker, Shawn G. Childs, and Robert Pressman, on the brief), for appellee.