Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Reeves County, Tex.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1994No. 93-08770PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Fifteen former employees of the Reeves County Sheriffs Department (“Appellees”) filed lawsuits against newly elected Sheriff Arnulfo Gomez (Gomez) and Reeves County, Texas, claiming pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that their constitutional rights to due process and their First Amendment rights of political affiliation were violated when Gomez notified them that he would not need their services as county employees when his term of office began on January 1, 1993. Sheriff Gomez filed a motion for summary judgment asserting qualified immunity. The district court…
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