Clark v. Lane Community College

*775 MEMORANDUM *

Jon Allis Clark sued Lane Community College, claiming unlawful retaliation in violation of Title VII. He appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Lane Community College. We affirm.

The district court properly stated the elements of a Title VII retaliation claim, which includes the requirement that plaintiff establish a causal link between the previous Title VII activity and the adverse employment action. 1 Clark has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that his previous discrimination claim against Lane Community College was one of the reasons the hiring committee denied him an interview.

Clark’s argument that the application scoring process was arbitrary and subjective fails. The hiring committee based its scores on the applicants’ descriptions of their previous work experience, and Clark did not list as many skills related to the position as other applicants. All the scorers were relatively consistent in their ranking of the applicants. The fact that some scorers were more generous than others does not prove they were arbitrary. The committee also did not overlook the requirement of having a driver’s license because the…