Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit August 14, 2003, No. 02-14191 (Williams v. Consolidated City of Jacksonville)

WILSON, Circuit Judge:

This case arose out of Jacksonville Fire Chief Rayfield Alfred’s decision not to ere-*1264ate four new roving captain positions in the Fire Captain Rescue Division of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department as proposed by a subordinate official. The plaintiffs, George A. Williams, Michael A. Perryman, Michael B. Price, and Nolan A.