West v. Butler County Board of Education

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION JOSEPH WEST, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case. No: 2:18-cv-1061-RAH ) [WO] BUTLER COUNTY BOARD ) OF EDUCATION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Joseph West, Margaret West, Regina Bennett, Willie Thornton, Lenicki Moore, and Shawnda Bell are six of over twenty current and former employees of the Butler County Board of Education who were selected for transfers and reassignments in early 2018 as part of a restructuring process initiated by a newly hired…