Goetz v. Haygood

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Robert C. Goetz, is a citizen and resident of the State of Arkansas formerly employed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Defendants are the individual members of the Commission, the Director, Steve Wilson, and the former Chief of the Commission’s Wildlife Management Division, John Haygood.

The Court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of the plaintiffs complaint under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).

Prior to August 1, 1981, plaintiff had been employed as an assistant professor at Murray…