Legal Opinion
Carlos Samuel v. Morris Holmes, Maudelle Davis-Cade, J. Berengher Brechtel, Gail Moore Glapion, Carolyn Green Ford and Cheryl Q. Cramer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1998No. 97-30284PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Morris Holmes, the Superintendent of the Orleans Parish School District (OPSD), and five members of OPSD’s board, sued by Carlos Samuel after his discharge from school system employment, take this interlocutory appeal from the partial denial of their motion for summary judgment, contending that they are entitled to qualified immunity in their personal capacities. Finding no error, we affirm.
I. Background
Samuel had worked as an internal auditor for OPSD. During the course of his employment, he discovered what he considered to be accounting irregularities by OPSD’s…
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