Legal Opinion
Akande v. Grounds
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 2009No. 07-3800PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Adetunji Akande alleged that the defendants — all employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections — deprived him of a property interest in his employment in violation of the due process clause of the Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants, finding that they were entitled to qualified immunity because Akande could not establish that he had been subject to a constitutional violation. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. Background
Akande began working for the Illinois Department of Corrections…
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