November 07, 2022
A Georgia sheriff acted as an agent of the state when he decided not to compensate deputies for time spent on call and is immune to their Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit, the Eleventh Circuit confirmed.
May 19, 2022
A Georgia sheriff told the Eleventh Circuit that as an agent of the state he's immune to deputies' federal labor law claims that he illegally forced them to work on call without pay, fighting their bid to overturn a district court ruling in the sheriff's favor.