Elliott v. Lanham

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

We granted discretionary review to determine whether a sheriff's termination of a deputy sheriff is constrained by the procedural due-process protections purportedly afforded to the deputy sheriff under a now-outdated version of KRS 15.5201 . We *354hold that KRS 15.520 does not apply in this case to afford Deputy Warren Lanham any due process requirements. Accordingly, we reverse and remand the case to the trial court with direction to enter summary judgment in favor Sheriff Marty Elliott.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Warren Lanham was hired as a…