Opinion ID: 477798
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Heading: Jackson Burson, Jr., Eunice, La., for defendants-appellees.

Text: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS and JONES, Circuit Judges. JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge: 1 Joseph Guillory worked as the Public Works Superintendent and Safety Engineer for the St. Landry Parish Police Jury (hereinafter Police Jury or Jury) from April 1979 to June 2, 1981, when the Police Jury voted to abolish his job at the expiration of his one year employment contract. In early 1982, the Jury recreated the post of Public Works Superintendent. Guillory, who is black, applied for the job, but the Jury hired Gene Valin, who is white, instead. Guillory sued the Police Jury and its members, alleging that they fired and then refused to rehire him because of his race. Guillory brought a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1988 and asserted state law claims as well. After a three day non-jury trial, the district judge ruled against Guillory on all claims. Guillory filed a timely appeal. We affirm the judgment of the district court.