Beken v. Eaglin

ORDER

HAMILTON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Plaintiff, a nontenured, probationary faculty member at Coastal Carolina College of the University of South Carolina (USC-Coastal Carolina or College), is challenging the nonrenewal of his annual teaching contract. The defendants are Ronald Eaglin, Chancellor of USC-Coastal Carolina, and James H. Rex, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at USC-Coastal Carolina.1 In his complaint, plaintiff alleges under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that his nonreappointment to the faculty of USC-Coastal…