Bush v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM

JARVIS, District Judge.

This cause of action for violation of civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 came on for trial before a jury on Thursday, March 14, 1985. At the close of plaintiff’s case, the Court granted defendants’ motion for directed verdict.

Plaintiff alleged in his Complaint and attempted to prove at trial that he had a property interest in his job as Public Safety Director for the City of Norris, Tennessee; that he had a legitimate claim of entitlement to continued employment; and that he was fired from his job without any notice of the reasons for dismissal or…