SAMUEL v. HOLMES

No. 97-30284.

138 F.3d 173 (1998)

Carlos SAMUEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris HOLMES, Maudelle Davis-Cade, J. Berengher Brechtel, Gail Moore Glapion, Carolyn Green Ford and Cheryl Q. Cramer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Francis Wessel, Charlotte Ann Lagarde, Wessel & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ernest L. Jones, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before REAVLEY, JONES and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Morris Holmes, the Superintendent of the Orleans Parish School District (OPSD), and five members of OPSD's board, sued by Carlos Samuel after his discharge from school system employment, take this interlocutory appeal from the partial denial of their motion for summary judgment, contending that they are entitled to qualified immunity in their personal capacities. Finding no error, we affirm.

I. Background

Samuel had worked...

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