United States Fourth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that Defendants prevented a state agency from hiring Plaintiff based on her political affiliation, the denial of Defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed, where clearly established law did not prohibit Defendants' actions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2009
• Published 05/21/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, and DAVID A. FABER, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Henry Keuling-Stout, Keuling-Stout, PC, Big Stone Gap, Virginia;  Jim H. Guynn, Jr., Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, PC, Salem, Virginia, for Appellants.  Timothy Worth McAfee, McAfee Law Firm, PC, Norton, Virginia, for Appellee.