Scoggins v. Douglas

Plaintiff Redden Scoggins appeals a judgment of the district court denying his claim of racial discrimination brought against Judge Willard H. Douglas of the City of Richmond Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court and Raymond Procunier, former director of the Virginia Department of Corrections.1 Scoggins, a white male, alleged that the defendants had engaged in discriminatory employment practices, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, when they selected a black male, rather than the plaintiff, for a position in the Richmond Juvenile Detention…