POINDEXTER v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 07-7074.

548 F.3d 916 (2008)

Bill POINDEXTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF SEQUOYAH, State of Oklahoma, and Mike Huff, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rand C. Eddy, Sherri A. Carver, Patrick J. Holman, Eddy Law Firm, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jodi S. Casey, Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before McCONNELL, EBEL and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

In 1999, newly-elected Sequoyah County Commissioner Cleon Harrell appointed Plaintiff-Appellant Bill Poindexter to serve as Road Foreman for his district. After Harrell's retirement and the election of Defendant-Appellee Mike Huff as District 3 Commissioner in 2006, Huff demoted Poindexter and replaced him as Road Foreman with one of Huff's political supporters. This occurred after Poindexter declined to support Huff, briefly ran against...

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