Split 5th Circuit Finds Police Lieutenant’s Transfer Denials Were Not Biased

Mealey's (May 28, 2019, 12:29 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A former Houston police lieutenant was unable to show that he was denied transfers to his preferred program on three occasions due to his race and/or national origin, a divided Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 22 (Jose Inocencio v. Chief Martha Montalvo, et al., No. 18-20176, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15170)....