United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of black female former police lieutenant's employment discrimination suit against a city is affirmed where: 1) adverse summary judgment on Title VII claims was proper as plaintiff offered no evidence from which a reasonable juror could infer that the legitimate reasons proffered by the city for confiscating her badge and gun, and placing her on administrative leave, were pretextual; 2) a First Amendment retaliation claim failed as plaintiff failed to show that her speech precipitated any adverse employment action against her; and 3) an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim failed as none of the conduct plaintiff complained of was "extreme and outrageous."

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2007
• Published 07/12/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hersy Jones, Jr., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• S. Price Barker, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.