Legal Opinion
Riggins v. Goodman
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2009No. 08-1034PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of Jerry Riggins’s termination from employment as a police sergeant in Louisville, Colorado. Riggins asserted federal civil rights claims against the City and several of its employees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending he was discharged without adequate procedural safeguards after he suffered from a psychiatric episode that caused him to take administrative leave for eight months. Riggins also brought a disability rights claim that is pending below and not the subject of this appeal.
The municipal defendants filed a motion for summary…
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