OWENS v. RUSH

No. 78-1753.

654 F.2d 1370 (1981)

James OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Albert E. RUSH, Leonard M. Robinson, Clarence Gnadt, Elmer Inthrum and Ollie Swenson and Wabaunsee County Kansas by its Board of County, Commissioners: Joe McClure, Ollie Swenson and Elmer Imthurn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Phelps, Jr., Attorney, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert E. Tilton, Topeka, Kan. (Tilton & Dillon, Topeka, Kan., were on brief), for Joseph F. Rush, Executor of the Estate of Albert E. Rush, Deceased, defendant-appellee.

Bill Baldock, Attorney, Alma, Kan., on brief, for Wabaunsee County, Kansas and Wabaunsee County Commissioners, defendants-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant James Owens sought relief under the civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(c), and 2000e, et seq., claiming that the defendants-appellees1 unlawfully conspired against him and discharged him from his position in the County Sheriff's Department in retaliation for helping his wife Anne file an EEOC complaint against them.2 On the motion of...

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