Frank I. Detweiler v. Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services Altamont Dickerson, Jr., and Alice B. Barker

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Frank I. Detweiler appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his complaint for failure to state a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. Detweiler, a nonprobationary employee of the State of Virginia, alleged that he had a property interest in his continued employment; the Virginia grievance procedure pertaining to the discharge of employees does not satisfy the requirements of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment; the state failed to follow its grievance procedure; and when he undertook to grieve his disciplinary discharge,…