Curtis v. City of Redmond

MEMORANDUM **

Kevin S. Curtis appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants City of Redmond, Oregon, and Michael Patterson in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and breach of contract suit. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

I. Curtis’ Claims Against Patterson

A. Curtis’ Property Interest Claim under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Procedural due process protections extend only to those property interests created by an “independent source, such as state law.” Bd. of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 577, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972); Lawson…