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WARD v. SHELBY COUNTY

No. 22-6054.

SEDRIC WARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 11, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: R. Joseph Leibovich , Jasen McCoy Durrence , SHELBY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Thomas Jarrard , LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS JARRARD, PLLC, Spokane, Washington, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: R. Joseph Leibovich , Jasen McCoy Durrence , SHELBY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Thomas Jarrard , LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS JARRARD, PLLC, Robert W. Mitchell , Spokane, Washington, SaraEllen Hutchison , LAW OFFICE OF SARAELLEN HUTCHISON, PLLC, Tacoma, Washington, John Paul Schnapper-Casteras , SCHNAPPER-CASTERAS PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

The court delivered a PER CURIAM opinion. CLAY, J. (pp. 8-16), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Sedric Ward is an Army reservist who worked at the Shelby County Jail. The County fired Ward in 2015, but later entered into a settlement agreement in which, as to his termination, Ward expressly released "any and all claims whatsoever[.]" Yet Ward later brought this suit against the County, asserting a claim under the Uniformed...

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