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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


KATERINA HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

UNPUBLISHED February 8, 2005

No. 250983 Oakland Circuit Court LC No. 2001-036624-CK

Before: Zahra, P.J., and Neff and Cooper, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition in this employment discrimination action. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). Plaintiff brought this action under the Civil Rights Act alleging that she was denied a promotion to the position of Power Service Operator at defendant's Wixom plant based on her gender and her race. Plaintiff alleged that defendant changed the prerequisites for the job to include eight years' experience or a journeyman's card to disqualify her for the position. The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary disposition, finding that plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case of discrimination and her claims were preempted by

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