Morehouse v. Jackson

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge: *

Plaintiff-appellant Mark Morehouse (“Morehouse”) appeals from the district court’s judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, and its denial of his motion to alter or amend the judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). For the reasons explained below, we VACATE the district court’s order and REMAND with instructions to dismiss Morehouse’s complaint.

Facts and Proceedings

Morehouse worked for the Southern University (“Southern”) Police Department (the “Department”) at Southern’s Baton Rouge campus. The Department dismissed Morehouse on January 2,…