Joanne Dixon v. Burke County, Georgia

COWEN, Circuit Judge:

In this civil rights action Plaintiff JoAnne Dixon (“Dixon”) appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of all Defendants on Dixon’s claim that she was subjected to gender discrimination, thereby depriving her of equal protection rights guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because there is an insufficient causal link between Dixon’s harm and Defendants’ conduct, we will affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

In the summer of 1999, a vacancy occurred on the Board of Education of Burke County Georgia (the “Board”). One of the Board members, a…