Legal Opinion
Muhammad v. Dallas County Community Supervision & Corrections Department
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2007No. 05-10580PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Ibn Zakariya Muhammad, a probation officer, sued Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (DCCSCD) for race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1 and the district court dismissed those claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) because it concluded that in Texas a community supervision and corrections department is, as a matter of law, not a probation officer’s Title VII employer. On appeal, Muhammad challenges that determination and the district court’s refusal to grant leave to file a third…
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