BRETT v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA.

No. 96-8553.

123 F.3d 1429 (1997)

Herbert E. BRETT; David Hannah; Wayne D. Hattaway; Jerry O. Hudson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, GEORGIA; Charles Gary Hutchins, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff, Jefferson County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia Borowski, Megan Gideon, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael O'Quinn, Margaret E. Sanders, Barnhart, O'Quinn & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COX and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and RAFEEDIE, Senior District Judge.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

Proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 300bb-7, four former deputy sheriffs, whom a newly elected sheriff did not reappoint because of their political activities, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to the county and sheriff. The deputy sheriffs contend that the sheriff's failure to reappoint them violated their free speech and procedural due process rights under the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments...

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