GRIGGS v. CHICKASAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

No. 18-60401.

930 F.3d 696 (2019)

Lamon K. GRIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICKASAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Waide, III, Esq. , Rachel Pierce Waide , Waide & Associates, P.A., Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jamie Ferguson Jacks, Esq. , Plauche Maselli Parkerson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Daniel J. Griffith, Esq. , Jacks Griffith Luciano, P.A., Cleveland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CLEMENT, GRAVES, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


Lamon Griggs served as Chickasaw County's Solid Waste Enforcement Officer for fifteen years before the County's Board of Supervisors unanimously eliminated his position in 2015. After his position was eliminated, Griggs brought a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Chickasaw...

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