DeBiasi v. Charter County of Wayne

OPINION AND ORDER AFFIRMING MAGISTRATE JUDGES MAY 21, 2003 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISQUALIFY JAMIL AKHTAR AS PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff David DeBiasi is a white male lieutenant in the Wayne County Sheriffs Department who is suing Wayne County, the Wayne County Sheriff and the County’s Personnel Director for reverse discrimination because he believes that Sheriff Robert Ficano promoted a fellow lieutenant, Lieutenant Pamela McClain, to the position of Commander in March 2002 because she is a black female and he needed to get the black vote in…