BRYANT v. MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI

No. 09-60182.

597 F.3d 678 (2010)

Joe H. BRYANT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. MILITARY DEPARTMENT of the State OF MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Franklin E. Chalk; Frederick D. Feinstein; Roy A. Graham; Billy Joe Gressett; Donald E. Jones; Langford L. Knight; F. Gregory Malta; William F. Parten; Robert E. Pierce; Roger E. Shirley; Charles F. Steed; Aaron K. Wilson; Thomas Temple; John Does 1-20; Leslie Wilkes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Anderson Koerber, Jackson, MS, Wayne E. Ferrell, Jr., Law Office of Wayne E. Ferrell, Jr., Jackson, MS, for Bryant.

Lieutenant Colonel Emerson Barney Robinson III, Deputy Joint Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Force Headquarters, Mississippi National Guard, Jackson, MS, for Military Dept. of Mississippi.

Jay Max Kilpatrick, Lindsay Green Watts, Young Williams, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Chalk, Feinstein, Graham, Gressett, Jones, Knight, Malta, Parten, Pierce, Shirley, Steed, Wilson, Temple, John Does 1-20, Wilkes.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Col. (Ret.) Joe H. Bryant ("Bryant"), a former member of the Mississippi Air National Guard's ("MSANG") 186th Refueling Wing, sued MSANG and individual MSANG officials ("Individual Appellees"), asserting claims under: (1) the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1034; (2) the Mississippi Whistleblower Protection Act, MISS.CODE ANN. §§ 25-9-171-77; (3) 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (4) 42 U.S.C. § 1985; and...

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