HOBBS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 07-3591.

573 F.3d 454 (2009)

Kelly HOBBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Joseph Senese, and Pat Quinn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Stein, Attorney (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Myriam Z. Kasper, Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, Ruth F. Masters, Attorney (argued), Oak Park, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Kelly Hobbs, an African-American woman, was passed over for a promotion during her employment with the City of Chicago and claimed race and gender discrimination, retaliation, and the existence of a hostile work environment. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants because Hobbs failed to show she was similarly or better qualified than the white male who received the promotion and because she cannot show she...

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