Rixson Merle Perry v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

There is little to add to the majority panel opinion in Perry I, 759 F.2d 1271 (7th Cir.1985), to illustrate why I am compelled to dissent. That opinion was based principally on this Court’s majority opinion in Larry v. Lawler, 605 F.2d 954 (7th Cir.1978). Perry I is also in accord with Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622, 633-34, 100 S.Ct. 1398, 1406-07, 63 L.Ed.2d 673, which held that dismissal of a government employee because of an allegedly false statement against him deprived the employee of a protected liberty interest without due process of law. While the en banc majority…