Ezell v. Darr, No. 13-15851 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a deputy sheriff, filed suit against CCG and its sheriff under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that, upon taking office after winning his election, the sheriff transferred her to a less prestigious position with much less responsibility and authority based on her support of his opponent in the election. The court affirmed the district court's conclusion that (1) her First Amendment claim was foreclosed as a matter of law by this court’s precedent, despite the fact that CCG’s civil service system prohibits employment decisions based on political patronage, and (2) her Fourteenth Amendment claim could not proceed to trial because no genuine dispute existed over whether the sheriff’s proffered reasons for her transfer were a pretext for discrimination.
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