Holmes v. National Football League

FITZWATER, District Judge:

This is an action by a professional football player who was enrolled involuntarily in the National Football League Policy and Program for Drugs of Abuse and Alcohol (the “Drug Program”) after testing positive for the use of marihuana, and was thereafter suspended for four games without pay when subsequent tests showed continued drug use. Defendants’ motion to dismiss presents the question whether plaintiffs assertion that he was denied a “full due process hearing” in connection with the grievance of his involuntary enrollment and suspension states a breach of…