United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging violations of plaintiff-police chief's due-process rights, summary judgment finding that defendant-city was not liable under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for plaintiff's termination is affirmed where the city manager who terminated plaintiff was not a final policymaker with respect to the termination decision, and the city could not therefore be held liable under section 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2008
• Published 08/21/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JOLLY, CLEMENT and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katherine Louise Butler (argued), Butler & Harris, Houston, TX, for Bolton.


• For Appellees:
  
• George Allen Butler (argued), Foster J. Reese, III, Hunton & Williams, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.