United States Seventh Circuit

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.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2009
• Decided 02/08/2010
• Published 02/08/2010

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Phillip Krajewski, Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard S. Huszagh, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.