LAYNE v. CAMPBELL COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 90-2623.

939 F.2d 217 (1991)

Jennie L. LAYNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAMPBELL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Cilla P. Brown; Judith E. Gilchrist, Defendants-Appellees, and County of Campbell, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1991.

As Amended August 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry N. Grimes, King, Fulghum, Snead, Nixon & Grimes, P.C., Roanoke, Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

William Sampson Kerr, Appomattox, Va., argued (Thomas S. Leebrick, Mosby, Jester & Leebrick, Lynchburg, Va., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge:

Jennie L. Layne ("Layne") brought this suit in federal court, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against her former employer, Campbell County Department of Social Services ("the Department"), and two of its employees in both their individual and official capacities: Cilla P. Brown ("Brown"), Director, and Judith E. Gilchrist ("Gilchrist"), Layne's supervisor at the time...

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