Gibson v. DuPree

Emmile C. Gibson, Jr. appeals from the dismissal by the district court of his suit, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 2000c et seq. Appellant, a black man, enrolled at Cotton Boll Vocational Technical School in January of 1977, and as a veteran received education benefits from the Veterans’ Administration. In April of 1977 appellant was expelled for nonattendance and as a result his V.A. benefits ceased. He then filed this suit alleging that the attendance policy was applied in a racially biased manner. He sought declaratory and injunctive relief, and the recovery of “any pay losses” and…