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5th Circuit Sides With Fired Quitman Police Captain in 1st Amendment Case

The Fifth U.S. Court of Appeals refused this week to end a lawsuit filed by a former Quitman police captain who contends he was fired for supporting a motion for change of venue by a friend accused of letting a jail inmate escape.

A three-judge panel on Thursday affirmed a lower court decision denying motions for summary judgment filed against Terry Bevill by the former Wood County District Attorney James Wheeler, former 402nd District Court Judge Jeff Fletcher, former Wood County Sheriff Thomas Castloo and former Quitman Mayor David Dobbs.

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