Legal Opinion
Pointer v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2002No. 02-3047UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[UNPUBLISHED]
2Per curiam
Charles Pointer appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his complaint prior to service of process for failure to state a claim. Pointer, who applied to be a corrections officer with the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC), brought this action after MDOC declined to hire him, alleging that he was not hired because of his race and his age.
We agree with the district court that Pointer’s claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) fails, because sovereign immunity shields MDOC, and Pointer did not contend that the State of Missouri had waived its…
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