5th Circuit: City Mayors Are Entitled To Qualified Immunity In Race Bias Suits

Mealey's (July 12, 2018, 10:41 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The current and former mayors of a Texas city sued for racial discrimination by an employee are entitled to qualified immunity as the plaintiff failed to show a violation of his constitutional rights when he was unable to provide proper comparators, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 10, reversing a trial court’s denial (Arthur Mitchell v. Danny Mills, et al., No. 17-40737, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 18754)....