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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
October 17, 2007
No. 06-15623 THOMAS K. KAHN
________________________ CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 05-00028-CV-WDO-5
LINDA SIMMONS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
THE BOEING COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia
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(October 17, 2007)
Before TJOFLAT, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff-appellant Linda Simmons appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee The Boeing Company.
Simmons sued Boeing, her employer alleging (1) that Boeing failed to promote her
because of her age and gender, and (2) that Boeing retaliated against her because of
her complaints about the alleged discrimination.
Boeing selected another employee for the manager position for various
reasons, including that the selected employee had a bachelor’s degree as well as a
master’s degree, had obtained the preferred management certificate, and had scored
higher on his interview than Simmons. Simmons does not dispute the promoted
candidate’s qualifications or her own lack of a bachelor’s degree or management
certificate.
On appeal, Simmons argues that she provided sufficient evidence of pretext
and retaliatory events to create a jury question on both claims. After review and
oral argument, we conclude that Simmons’s arguments lack merit, and thus we
affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Boeing.
AFFIRMED.
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