TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
During the selection of the jury in this civil rights suit, brought by a black citizen against a police officer and his supervisor, both of whom are white, the defendants peremptorily challenged the two black persons on the venire; as a result, an all-white jury was chosen to try the case. Plaintiff's counsel objected to these challenges on the ground that they were racially motivated and, citing Batson v. Kentucky,
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