Legal Opinion
Jacqueline Lewis v. City of Union City, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2019No. 15-11362PublishedCited by 360 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAPLAN, District Judge:
Jacqueline Lewis, an African-American police detective in Union City, Georgia, was terminated abruptly from her position after about ten years of service. The ostensible *1173reason was that Ms. Lewis was absent without leave-this notwithstanding that the Union City Police Department ("UCPD") only days earlier had placed her on indefinite administrative leave pending resolution of the questions whether she safely could be subjected to a Taser shock or exposed to pepper spray.
Ms. Lewis here contends that her discharge reflected unlawful disability and/or racial or gender…
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