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GRIFFIN v. DUGGER

No. 85-3831.

823 F.2d 1476 (1987)

Peners L. GRIFFIN and Henry L. Dejerinett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard L. DUGGER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended September 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Bruce Alexander Minnick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Mitchell D. Franks, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Harry L. Witte, Jerry G. Traynham, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and EATON, Senior District Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

I.

In April 1971, Peners L. Griffin became the first black Road Prison Officer at the Tallahassee Road Prison, operated by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC or Department). Beginning in 1973, Griffin frequently sought promotion to higher-grade correctional officer positions, as well as various other positions. On each occasion, the FDOC turned him down.

In December 1974...

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