Arthur Mitchell v. City of Naples

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

*368 Danny Mills and Dennis Chartier, the defendants-appellants, were each mayors of the City of Naples, Texas, at times when the plaintiff was employed by the City. Arthur Mitchell, the plaintiff-appellee, is an African-American man who claims that the defendants paid two specific white employees at a higher rate than he was paid, in violation of Mitchell's constitutional right to equal protection of the law. The defendants claimed qualified immunity, which the district court denied. The defendants appeal this denial. We reverse.

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Mitchell is an African-American man…