Legal Opinion
Donald R. Jenkins v. Glenn M. Weatherholtz William G. O'Brien
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1990No. 89-1809PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Donald R. Jenkins, a former deputy sheriff in Rockingham County, Virginia, brought this action against the sheriff and county administrator after he was dismissed from the sheriffs department. Jenkins alleged that he was deprived of a property interest in continued employment without due process of law. The district court ruled that Jenkins did not have a protectible property interest in continued employment and granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
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Jenkins was a deputy with the Rocking-ham County Sheriffs Department for fourteen years until…
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