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U.S. v. GREGORY

No. 88-2839.

871 F.2d 1239 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jay GREGORY, Sheriff of Patrick County, a Constitutional Officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia and elected under the laws of the Commonwealth, Defendant-Appellee, and Jesse Williams, Sheriff of Patrick County, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Gornstein (William Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jessica Dunsay Silver, U.S. Dept. of Justice, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Anthony Paul Giorno, County Atty., for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and HOWARD, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

In June 1983, the United States filed suit against Jesse W. Williams, the Sheriff of Patrick County, Virginia, complaining that he had followed and continues to follow a practice of refusing to consider women for deputy sheriff positions in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.1 The Government sought prospective relief to prevent further discrimination through...

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