Johnson v. City of Buckner

TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Raymond Johnson filed suit in seven counts against the City of Buckner and its mayor and board of aldermen alleging violations of his procedural and substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a right to judicial review of his termination as a police officer and damages for defamation. The eighth count was a suit by Johnson’s wife, Janet, but no appeal has been taken on that count.

After extensive discovery consisting of requests for admissions and depositions, Buckner and the individual defendants filed a motion for…