Fernandes v. Nolen

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from a summary judgment entered in the circuit court of Peoria County in favor of plaintiff Michael Fernandes, a probationary Illinois State Police officer, who had been terminated from his employment without a hearing. Defendants Sam W. Nolen and Terry Gainer are Directors of the Illinois State Police and successors to Jeremy Margolis, the original defendant.

According to the pleadings, motions, and affidavits in the record, plaintiff was dismissed during his probationary period as a State Police officer after…