WILLIAMS v. McCLELLAN

No. 77-1714.

569 F.2d 1031 (1978)

Deborah WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. W. H. "Pete" McCLELLAN, Individually and in his official capacity as Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker and Henry L. Jones, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., and Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, and Eric Schnapper, New York City, filed brief, for appellant.

W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., filed brief, for appellee.

Before LAY, ROSS and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Deborah Williams, a black woman, was hired as a probationary employee by the defendant who is the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. She started work as a docket clerk for United States District Court Judge Terry Shell on November 22, 1976. On April 29, 1977, the defendant told Williams that she would be terminated as of May 20, 1977. On May 13, 1977, Williams filed her complaint requesting an injunction prohibiting...

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