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DePREE v. SAUNDERS

No. 08-60978.

588 F.3d 282 (2009)

Chauncey M. DePREE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martha SAUNDERS, Individually and as President of the University of Southern Mississippi; Darrell J. Grimes, Individually as a former Provost, University of Southern Mississippi; Alvin J. Williams, Individually and as Interim Dean of the College of Business, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Jackson, Individually and as Interim Director of the School of Professional Accountancy and Information Systems; Stanley X. Lewis, Individually and as former Director of the School of Professional Accountancy and Systems; Farhang Niroomand, Individually and as former Associate of Dean of the College of Business; D. Harold Doty, Individually and as former Dean of the College of Business; Patricia Munn, Individually; John Albert Brown, Individually; James Henderson, Individually; Mary Anderson, Individually; Roderick Posey, Individually; Charles Jordan, Individually; Gwendolyn Pate, Individually; John Does 1-80, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Revised November 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanton J. Fountain, Jr., Biloxi, MS, Cyrus Clifford Barger, Rebecca Kathryn Jude (argued), Jude & Jude, Hattiesburg, MS, for DePree.

John Simeon Hooks, Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Mary Ann Connell, Mayo Mallette, PLLC, Oxford, MS, Lee Partee Gore (argued), University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Dr. DePree, a tenured professor, sued the University of Southern Mississippi's president and various administrators and faculty members ("Appellees") after he was removed from teaching duties in August 2007 and evicted from his office in the College of Business. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Appellees and denied DePree's motion for temporary and permanent injunctive relief. On appeal, we AFFIRM the judgment...

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