McBEE v. JIM HOGG COUNTY, TEX.

No. 81-2465.

703 F.2d 834 (1983)

Jimmie McBEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JIM HOGG COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Javier Alfonso HINOJOSA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIM HOGG COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing August 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Gonzales, Hebbronville, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Rick Fancher, Corpus Christi, Tex., Pope, Guerrero & Reed, Roger Reed, Rio Grande City, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GARZA, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


Opinion on Granting of Rehearing En Banc August 12, 1983.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

On January 1, 1981, Gilbert Ybanez, the newly elected sheriff of Jim Hogg County, Texas, assumed office, retaining one of his predecessor's deputies and one of his predecessor's dispatchers. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, five former employees — three field deputies and two dispatchers — bring this consolidated action contending that Sheriff Ybanez's personnel...

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