Yow v. Alexander County Department of Social Services

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

The primary issue on this appeal is whether an employee subject to the State Personnel Act who holds a “trainee” appoint*176ment as defined by the North Carolina Administrative Code has a property interest in her continued employment and is thus to be accorded the protection of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We hold that she does not.

Plaintiff contends that her complaint states a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She argues that her loss of employment constituted deprivation of a constitutionally protected interest. Whether an employee has a…