Webb v. Thornburgh

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

In the action before us, petitioner seeks to be restored to the position which he formerly held as assistant attorney general. He was removed from this position by the Attorney General by letter dated September 7, 1979 which petitioner attached as exhibit K in his complaint. In this letter no reason is given for his dismissal.

The gravamen of petitioner’s case is that while no reason was given for his dismissal, in fact the reasons were improper, and attach a “badge of infamy” to his name.1 Under such circumstance, he asserts, he has a *525right to a hearing. A point…