GREENWELL v. PARSLEY

No. 07-5694.

541 F.3d 401 (2008)

David GREENWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul PARSLEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Philip C. Kimball, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. David Paul Bowles, Landrum & Shouse, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Philip C. Kimball, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. David Paul Bowles, Robert T. Watson, Landrum & Shouse, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.

NORRIS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which STAMP, D.J., joined. MARTIN, J. (p.____), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Paul Parsley, the former sheriff of Bullitt County, Kentucky, fired deputy sheriff David Greenwell immediately after he learned through a newspaper article that his deputy intended to run against him in the next election. Greenwell responded by filing suit against Parsley and his chief deputy Mack (Jim) McAuliffe. The only federal cause of action included in the complaint was an allegation that defendants violated Greenwell...

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