United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of a constitutionally-protected interest in his employment, summary judgment for defendants on grounds of qualified immunity is affirmed where, under Illinois law, plaintiff did not suffer a demotion, thus plaintiff failed to show that he was subjected to a constitutional deprivation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2008
• Decided 02/09/2009
• Published 02/09/2009

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Berks, Brett E. Legner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.