COOPER v. SMITH

No. 94-8992.

89 F.3d 761 (1996)

Athel B. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. William E. SMITH, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Georgia, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Frazier, Brunswick, GA, for appellant.

Terry Lee Readdick, G. Todd Carter, Dickey, Whelchel, Brown & Readdick, Brunswick, GA, for appellee.

Before ANDERSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In 1993 appellant/cross-appellee Athel B. Cooper ("Cooper") filed the instant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against appellee/cross-appellant William E. Smith ("Smith"). Smith is the Sheriff of Camden County, Georgia, and Cooper was one of his deputies. Cooper alleges that Smith refused to renew his commission as a deputy because Cooper cooperated with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) during its investigation into corruption at the...

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