United States Eleventh Circuit

In a civil rights action raising claims of racial discrimination for the demotion of a firefighter, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) although plaintiff presented a prima facie case of discrimination and showed sufficient evidence of pretext; nevertheless, 2) he failed to show defendants violated clearly established federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/18/2008
• Published 03/18/2008

Judges

• ALTONAGA, District Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, WILSON, Circuit Judge, and ALTONAGA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Atkins, A. Lee Parks, Jr., Steven E. Wolfe, Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Rioux.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cleora S. Anderson, Robert N. Godfrey, City of Atlanta, Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.