Legal Opinion
Boston v. Webb
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1986No. 85-1078PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Following his discharge from employment as a police officer of the City of Washington, North Carolina, Boston sued the City Manager and the Chief of Police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming a denial by those officials of his procedural due process rights in connection with his discharge. He now appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the city official-defendants. We affirm.
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Boston was a police officer of the City of Washington from April 1976 until July 15, 1983, when he was discharged. His employment, as a matter of state…
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