Williams v. U.S. Airways American Airlines, Inc.

BACKGROUND

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I. Complaint Allegations

22 The gravamen of Plaintiff’s complaint is that Defendant did not hire him due to his age and 23 race. Plaintiff filed an online application for employment as a mechanic with Defendant’s 24 25 26 1 Record citations are to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the 27 ECF-generated page numbers at the top of the documents. 1 predecessor, US Airways, Inc. (“US Airways”),3 in July 2015. (Dkt. No. 1-1, Ex. A at 11.) 2 Plaintiff was qualified for the position at the time he applied and remains qualified. (Id. at 12.) 3 Plaintiff emailed the airline in September 2015 requesting an update on the status of his 4 application and received “a reasonable response” indicating that his file was “currently under 5 review.” (Id. at 11, 35.) After receiving that response, Plaintiff noticed that the position had 6 “simply disappeared.” (Id. at 11.) US Airways then “reposted and reclassified” the mechanic’s 7 position in December 2015. (Id. (emphasis omitted).) Plaintiff was not selected for the position 8 nor offered an interview. (Id. at 32.) 9 Plaintiff contacted the EEOC on December 27,…