RIOUX v. CITY OF ATLANTA, GA.

No. 07-11657.

520 F.3d 1269 (2008)

Gerard RIOUX, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Lynette Young, in her individual capacity, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Dennis L. Rubin, in his official capacity as City of Atlanta Fire Chief, Consolidated Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Atkins, A. Lee Parks, Jr., Steven E. Wolfe, Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Rioux.

Cleora S. Anderson, Robert N. Godfrey, City of Atlanta, Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, WILSON, Circuit Judge, and ALTONAGA, District Judge.


ALTONAGA, District Judge:

The issues in this appeal, a civil rights action raising claims of race discrimination, are whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Defendants below, Lynette Young ("COO Young") and Dennis L. Rubin ("Rubin"), by misapplying the summary judgment standard to the facts presented and on the basis of Appellees' qualified immunity. While we agree with Appellant, Plaintiff below, Gerard Rioux ("Rioux"),...

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