Legal Opinion
David Somers v. City of Minneapolis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2001No. 00-1849PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The City of Minneapolis terminated seasonal laborer David Somers for failing to report to work following the 1997 spring call-back. Somers filed this action against the City and several of its employees, asserting a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the City violated his right to procedural due process by denying him a post-termination hearing. When terminated, Somers had been a City employee for more than six months but less than one year, and was still a probationary employee under the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Probationary employees lack a property…
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