Willie R. Smith v. Everett E. Price, Chief of Police, Athens, Georgia, and City of Athens Personnel Board, City of Athens, Georgia

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Willie R. Smith, a former Athens, Georgia police officer, was dismissed by the Chief of the Athens Police Department, Everett E. Price, for violation of rules and regulations1 applicable to Athens police of*1373fieers. After unsuccessfully appealing to the City of Athens Personnel Board, Smith filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that his dismissal deprived him of rights guaranteed by the first, fifth, and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, and that the rules and regulations pursuant to which he was discharged were unconstitutionally vague and overbroad on…