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CALDERON v. MARTIN COUNTY

No. 79-2026.

639 F.2d 271 (1981)

Luis A. CALDERON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARTIN COUNTY, Martin County Sheriff's Department, and James D. Holt, Individually and in his capacity as Sheriff of Martin County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

March 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel G. Contreras, Robert J. Ruiz, Ann Corinne Hill, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. David Richeson, North Palm Beach, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

A Florida deputy sheriff brought this civil rights action, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,1 claiming that he was discharged from his position because of his national origin. The district court concluded that a deputy sheriff in Florida is not an "employee" of the state, or a political subdivision thereof, and dismissed the plaintiff's complaint for failing...

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