Legal Opinion
Ezell v. Darr
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided June 12, 2013No. Case No. 4:11-CV-93 (CDL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CLAY D. LAND, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
“If you shoot at a king, you must kill him.”1 The modern political version: “Make sure you pick the winner.” Plaintiffs Terri Ezell (“Ezell”) and Donna Tompkins (“Tompkins”), Muscogee County deputy sheriffs, picked their boss, incumbent Muscogee County Sheriff Ralph Johnson (“Johnson”), when they actively campaigned for him in his reelection bid against challenger John Darr (“Darr”). Johnson lost, and Darr became their new boss. Ezell and Tompkins now claim that shortly after Darr took office, he retaliated against them for their political support…
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