United States Seventh Circuit

A mental institute and state officials are entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, where a nurse failed to show the existence of a clearly-established constitutional right to a pre-demotion hearing as to all relevant charges.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2002
• Decided 09/12/2002
• Published 09/12/2002

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Williamson, Jr. (argued), Appleton, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Briles Moriarty (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.