SOWARDS v. LOUDON COUNTY, TENN.

No. 98-6768.

203 F.3d 426 (2000)

Wanda SOWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. LOUDON COUNTY, TENNESSEE and Timothy Guider, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Loudon County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 2000.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Alliman (argued and briefed), White, Carson & Alliman, Madisonville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dean B. Farmer (argued and briefed), Keith L. Edmiston (briefed), Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: JONES, MOORE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 24, 2000.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Wanda Sowards filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Loudon County and the Sheriff of Loudon County Timothy Guider, in his individual and official capacities, claiming that she was terminated from her position as a jailer at the Loudon County Sheriff's Department in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights of political and intimate...

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