GRIGGS v. HINDS JUNIOR COLLEGE

No. 76-1477.

563 F.2d 179 (1977)

John W. GRIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HINDS JUNIOR COLLEGE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Walker, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

L. A. Smith, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., W. Scott Welch, III, James L. Martin, Jackson, Miss., for Hinds Junior College, et al.

Giles W. Bryant, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for Garvin H. Johnston.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of a civil rights action claiming employment discrimination on the basis of race. The appellant, plaintiff below, contends that the district court erred in dismissing his complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P., for failure to state a claim for relief, without granting him leave to amend. We find that the district court abused its discretion in failing to grant the amendment and we reverse.

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