O'Neill v. City of Auburn

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment dismissing an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a terminated public official of Auburn, New York, alleging that his termination deprived him of property and liberty without due process of law. We affirm.

In September 1992, plaintiff-appellant Michael D. O’Neill was dismissed by the City of Auburn, New York, after nearly 15 years as City Engineer-Superintendent of Public Works. In recent years, O’Neill’s service in that position had been marked by criticism in the press for alleged conflicts of interest, sometimes…