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WHITE v. THOMAS

No. 81-1075. Summary Calendar.

660 F.2d 680 (1981)

James WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl THOMAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnston & Larson, Douglas R. Larson, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Earl Luna, Dallas, Tex., for Dallas County, Commissioners Court, County Auditor & Treasurer, et al.

Charles J. Baldree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Carl Thomas, Sheriff & Dallas County Sheriff's Dept.

Before CHARLES CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A deputy sheriff, James White, was fired because, in responding to a direct question on his employment application about prior arrests, he failed to disclose his detention while a juvenile for shooting another person. White brought a section 1983 suit against the sheriff, the Dallas County Sheriff's Department (which he alleged to be a subdivision of Dallas County), Dallas County, and various county officials in federal court, invoking...

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