Legal Opinion
Delbert Johnson v. City of Fort Worth
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2019No. 17-10223PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
The petition for rehearing is DENIED and no member of this panel nor judge in active service having requested that the court be polled on rehearing en banc, the petition for rehearing en banc is also DENIED. The following is substituted in place of our opinion.
Delbert Johnson is a sergeant with the Fort Worth Police Department. He alleges that over a three-year period he was subjected to a campaign of isolation, harassment, and ridicule because he is African-American. Investigators hired by the City to look into Johnson's complaint (and those of two other officers)…
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