Alton Montgomery v. O.A. \Bob\ Brookshire, Sheriff of Ector County, Texas, and Ector County, Texas

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• explaining that “the exemption was primarily intended to exempt the elected official’s immediate subordinates or those who are his first line advisors.”
• explaining that “[t]he personal staff exception becomes less applicable the lower the particular employee’s position because the exception was primarily intended to exempt the elected official’s immediate subordinates”
• stressing in its application of fourth Teneyuca factor that defendant \barely exhibited any control over Montgomery's day-to-day activities\
• stressing in its application of fourth Teneyuca factor that defendant “barely exhibited any control over Montgomery’s day-to-day activities”
• concluding the district court erred by granting summary judgment because the result “would encompass all 113 law enforcement officials in the [] County” under the personal staff exception and “is inconsistent with the congressional intent that the exception be narrowly construed”
• noting that appointed law enforcement officials numbered 113

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