Miyler v. Village of East Galesburg

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

With his mother ensconced as the president of the Village, and an ordinance that provided he could only be removed from office if the president agreed, Cody Miyler must have been shocked when he was discharged from his position as the Chief of Police of the tiny Village of East Gales-burg, 1 Illinois, without his mother’s consent. After this came to pass, Miyler sued the Village under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming a violation of his due process -rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court granted the Village’s motion for…