Legal Opinion
Danny Jones v. Harold Plaster, Sheriff, in His Individual and Official Capacities
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1995No. 94-6135PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge WELKINS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Judge WILKINSON joined.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
Danny Jones brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1994), claiming that his First Amendment rights were violated when Sheriff Harold Plaster failed to reappoint Jones as a deputy sheriff following Plaster’s election. Jones appeals the judgment of the district court entered following a jury trial that resulted in a verdict for Plaster, arguing that the district court applied an incorrect legal standard…
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