United States Seventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that plaintiff was fired because of his Republican party affiliation, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiff did not produce evidence to show any constitutional violation when defendants chose to replace him with a member of the party of the sitting governor.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2008
• Decided 12/02/2008
• Published 12/02/2008

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James P. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl Elitz (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.