WATKINS v. BOWDEN

No. 94-9220.

105 F.3d 1344 (1997)

Phyllis WATKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ralph T. BOWDEN, Jr., Individually and in his official capacity as DeKalb County Solicitor; DeKalb County, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josie Anne Alexander, Charles William Brown, Alexander & Associates, Atlanta, GA, Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Sistrunk & Associates, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Edward Scott Smith, Marine Elizabeth Ortega, Ford & Harrison, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, BIRCH, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we affirm the district court's entry of judgment for appellees Ralph Bowden and DeKalb County, Georgia, on appellant Phyllis Watkins's constitutional claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

FACTS

On January 15, 1990, Phyllis Watkins, an African-American female, began work as an assistant solicitor (assistant) in the Office of the Solicitor of DeKalb County (the office).1 Ralph Bowden...

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