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BROWN v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Nos. 89-5839, 89-6272.

923 F.2d 1474 (1991)

Mathas BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a municipality, and Constance W. Hoffman, in her official capacity as City Manager of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Defendants-Appellees. Ron Cochran, in his official capacity as Police Chief of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Police Department, Defendant. Mathas BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a municipality, Constance W. Hoffman, in her official capacity as City Manager of the City of Fort Lauderdale, and Ron Cochran, in his official capacity as former Police Chief of the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathas Brown, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lindsey A. Payne, Asst. City Atty., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Circuit Judge, HILL, and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant Mathas Brown brought this lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 claiming that he was fired from his job as a police officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale because he is black. He sued the City, the police chief and the city manager under each statute, but the district court in two separate orders dismissed all of his claims. The court held that qualified immunity protected the individual defendants from...

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