DAVIS v. ECTOR COUNTY, TEX.

No. 93-8376.

40 F.3d 777 (1994)

Jerry DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Appellant, v. ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants, Ector County, Texas, and John Smith, District Attorney of Ector County, Texas, Defendants-Appellants, O.A. "Bob" Brookshire, Individually and in his capacity as Ector County Sheriff, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Tidwell, Denis C. Dennis, McMahon, Tidwell, Hansen, Atkins & Fowler, P.C., Odessa, TX, for appellant.

Melissa Hirsch, Lori McBeath, Odessa, TX, for Davis.

Richard Andrew Bonner, Odessa, TX, for Brookshire.

Before WISDOM and JONES, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Jerry Davis, seeks redress in federal court for his loss of employment with the principal defendant, Ector County, Texas. Our decision today will only partially satisfy him: In part we affirm and in part we reverse the district court's judgment.

In November 1991, Davis filed suit against Ector County, Texas; Gary Garrison, individually and in his official capacity as Ector County District Attorney; Sheriff O.A. "Bob" Brookshire...

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