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McPHERSON v. RANKIN

No. 83-2399.

736 F.2d 175 (1984)

Ardith McPHERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter RANKIN, Individually and In His Official Capacity As Constable, Precinct One of Harris County, TX and Harris County Texas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Presser, ACLU, Houston, Tex., Annie S. Garcy, Bellaire, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Billy E. Lee, Molly D. Shannon, Asst. County Attys., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, JOLLY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Ardith McPherson, a non-tenured deputy constable1 formerly employed by the defendant Constable of Harris County, Texas, appeals from the grant of summary judgment against her in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Constable Walter Rankin and Harris County, Texas. The plaintiff McPherson alleges that she was denied her rights secured by the First and Fourteenth Amendments when she was fired by the...

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