Savage v. City of Pontiac

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS, AND SCHEDULING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Erika Savage filed the present lawsuit after she was fired from her position as the City of Pontiac’s Legislative Auditor by defendant Fred Leeb, who was appointed by action of Michigan’s governor as Pontiac’s emergency financial manager. Savage was hired by action of the city council for a fixed term of employment that expressly could not be terminated except for defined cause. She contends that her…