Payne v. Ballard

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Ken Payne alleges that his dismissal as a drafting instructor at the Cotton Boll Vocational Technical School in Blytheville, Arkansas, violated his due-process rights. Specifically, he claims that his rights were violated because the defendants did not allow him to cross-examine witnesses or to have the witnesses testify under oath at the hearing which led to his termination. We hold that Payne failed to prove a due-process property or liberty interest and therefore affirm the District Court’s 1 denial of relief. 595 F.Supp. 878.

Payne was hired in 1979 as a…