STEMMONS v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 95-2531.

82 F.3d 817 (1996)

Virginia L. STEMMONS, Appellee, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Preckshot, argued, Jefferson City, MO (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., and John R. Munich, Jefferson City, MO, on brief), for appellant.

Matthew B. Woods, argued, Columbia, MO (Thad R. Mulholland, on brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Virginia Stemmons applied to be an Educational Supervisor I at the school at the Boonville, Missouri, Correctional Center. Before applying for this position, Ms. Stemmons had worked as a teacher for the Missouri Department of Corrections ("the department") for more than twenty years and had taught at the Boonville prison school for over ten. Although twenty candidates were eligible to interview for the position, only

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