EVANS v. HARDCASTLE

No. 76-562.

339 So.2d 1150 (1976)

Donald C. EVANS, Appellant, v. James HARDCASTLE, in His Official Capacity As Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding and Tobey C. Hockett of Hockett, Silver, Spalding & Lewis, Sarasota, for appellant.

Terry L. Demeo, South Miami, for amicus curiae, The American Civil Liberties Union.

Larry Byrd, Jr., of Ginsburg & Byrd, Sarasota, for appellee.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellee Sheriff of Sarasota County dismissed appellant from serving as one of his deputies. The trial court refused to reinstate the appellant and declined to require the sheriff to afford him notice and a hearing. We affirm.

Appellant began serving as a deputy sheriff in the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department in 1969. He was discharged from that position by appellee on October 30, 1975. The following...

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