Legal Opinion

McCoy v. City of Shreveport

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 11, 2007No. 06-30453PublishedCited by 714 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiff-Appellant Erma McCoy, a former lieutenant with the Shreveport Police Department (SPD), appeals from the district court’s summary-judgment dismissal of her employment discrimination suit against the City of Shreveport (the City). We affirm.

I. FACTS & PROCEEDINGS

Erma McCoy, a black female, worked for the SPD as a permanent police officer from December 1981 until her retirement in December 2003. McCoy attained the rank of lieutenant in February 2002. In July 2003, McCoy filed a grievance with SPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) alleging that a subordinate officer, Sergeant Ed Jackson,…

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