Friedman v. Bishop

Plaintiff Mark Friedman appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants based on qualified immunity. Friedman, a former County Corrections Officer, was terminated from his job by defendant Ronald L. Bishop, Chief of the Jefferson County Corrections Department, and the termination was approved by defendant County Judge/Executive David L. Armstrong and the defen*205dant Jefferson County Fiscal Court. We affirm.

Friedman appealed his termination to the Jefferson County Merit Board, which recommended that he be reinstated. However, Armstrong refused to reinstate him.…