WA v. UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KS

No. 15-3181.

847 F.3d 1192 (2017)

Roberick WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS; Gary Ortiz, in his official and individual capacities, Assistant County Administrator; Terry L. Broadus, Administrator, in her official capacity, Wyandotte County Juvenile Detention Center; Donald Ash, Sheriff, in his official and individual capacities, Wyandotte County Unified Government; Douglas Bach, in his official and individual capacities, Assistant County Administrator, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED February 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Gallagher , Gallagher & Kaiser, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellant.

Henry E. Couchman Jr. , Legal Department, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, for Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HARTZ, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Roberick Washington was employed as a lieutenant at the Wyandotte County Juvenile Detention Center in Kansas City, Kansas. After a random drug test, he was fired for testing positive for cocaine. Washington filed a civil rights action against the County and several of his co-workers, alleging that the drug test was an illegal...

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