Vinyard v. King

O’CONNOR, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to 42 Ú.S.C. § 1983 alleging that her due process rights were violated when her employment at Clinton Regional Hospital was terminated by defendants. Defendants include the hospital administrator and the members of the hospital board of directors. Upon motion by defendants, the district court abstained in accordance with the Pullman Doctrine stating that Oklahoma law was unclear with respect to the existence of plaintiff’s claimed property interest in continued employment with the hospital.1 The court below invoked the Pullman…