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033259P.pdf   09/07/2004  Charles W. Hammer  v.  John Ashcroft
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-3259
   Western District of Missouri   
   Civil case - employment discrimination. The district court did not err in 
   granting summary judgment for the government on plaintiff's reverse- 
   discrimination claim, as plaintiff failed to show the stated reason for 
   promoting another employee to a counselor position was a pretext for 
   race discrimination; memo suggesting need to recruit more minority 
   counselors was not evidence of pretext; evidence showed decision-maker 
   was unaware of the age of any of the candidates, and plaintiff could not 
   show his non-selection was based on his age. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and 
   Wollman Circuit Judge]