She passed the interview and got the call. Then the report no one let her read changed it

She got the job. Then a background check undid it - and now SpartanNash is facing a class action.

The complaint, filed June 17, 2026 in federal court in North Dakota, tells a story HR teams will recognize. Tara Lean Boswell says the food distribution and retail company pulled her job offer over a background report she never saw first - a step the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the federal law on how employers use background and credit reports, requires before any rejection.

The timeline, as the filing lays it out, moves fast. Boswell applied for a retail role at a SpartanNash Family Fair store in South Bismarck on January 28, 2026. She interviewed, and on February 3 the company called to say she had the job. The same day, the screening vendor HireRight sent her an authorization form, which she filled out.

Then it fell apart. On February 19, HireRight told her she did not "meet [Defendant's] company standards." A day later, the company's talent acquisition team said it was "unable to consider [Plaintiff] further for a position with the company due to [her] background check results not meeting [Defendant's] company standards."

The problem, the complaint says, is sequence. By the time that February 20 notice landed, Boswell had already been turned down. The filing alleges she was told she had "up to five (5) days to respond" to the screening company - but says the decision was already made,...

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