Alcala v. Dallas County Sheriff

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• finding that plaintiff failed to show that Dallas County granted its sheriff’s department the capacity to engage in separate litigation
• finding that the plaintiff failed to establish that Dallas County granted its sheriff’s department the power to sue or be sued
• affirming summary judgment because “Alcala has pointed [the Fifth Circuit] to no case in which a Texas sheriff's department has been deemed a legal entity for purposes of defending in an action such as the instant one [under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]”
• unpublished but precedential opinion under 5th Cir. Rule 47.5.3

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