Franks v. Magnolia Hospital

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BIGGERS, District Judge.

This cause comes before this court on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The court has duly considered the parties’ memoranda and exhibits and is ready to rule.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant hospital for eighteen years, was discharged as a result of a hospital-wide reduction in force in January of 1994. The plaintiff brought this action against the hospital and the hospital administrator, Gary Blan, alleging claims of wrongful discharge pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based upon violations of the First and Fourteenth…