Covell v. Menkis, No. 08-3245

In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit following his termination by a government agency, summary judgment in favor of the defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to sufficiently demonstrate that he had a property interest in his employment because he did not establish that there was a mutually explicit understanding that he could only be terminated for cause; and 2) plaintiff failed to sufficiently demonstrate that the defendant's actions deprived him of a liberty interest. 

Read Covell v. Menkis, No. 08-3245

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Decided February 8, 2010

Judges

Before: Bauer, Williams,  and Manion,  Circuit Judges

Opinion by Circuit Judge Bauer