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BURNSIDE v. KAELIN

No. 13-41344.

773 F.3d 624 (2014)

Thomas BURNSIDE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jim KAELIN, Individually, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher John Gale , Gale, Wilson & Sanchez, P.L.L.C., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Keith B. Sieczkowski, Esq. , Branscomb, P.C., Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

This interlocutory appeal arises from the denial of qualified immunity at the motion-to-dismiss stage. Plaintiff Burnside, a deputy sheriff, filed this § 1983 action alleging that, because he did not support defendant-Sheriff Kaelin's re-election bid, he was punitively transferred, and later fired, for exercising...

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