JOHNSTON v. BORDERS

No. 18-14808, No. 19-13269.

36 F.4th 1254 (2022)

Jacquelyn JOHNSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary S. BORDERS, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lake County, Florida, Jennifer Ferguson, Defendants-Appellants. Jacquelyn Johnston, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant v. Gary S. Borders, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lake County, Florida, Jennifer Ferguson, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: June 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Gordon , Law Offices of Jason Gordon, PA, Hollywood, FL, Angelena M. Conant , Angelena M. Root, PA, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brian Koji , Allen Norton & Blue, PA, Tampa, FL, Mark E. Levitt , Marc Aaron Sugerman , Matthew Christian Neff , Allen Norton & Blue, PA, Winter Park, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Brian Koji , Allen Norton a Blue, PA, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Before Jordan, Newsom, and Tjoflat, Circuit Judges.


These appeals involve two conceptually different causes of action against separate defendants. These claims were pled together and tried to a jury empaneled for each claim. In one claim, the plaintiff, an at-will employee of a sheriff's office, sued the sheriff, alleging that he made false and stigmatizing statements in terminating her employment...

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