Seger v. City of Lancaster

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DANNY C. REEVES, District Judge.

In 1980, the Kentucky legislature enacted what is commonly referred to as the “Police Officer’s Bill of Rights.” Ky.Rev. Stat. Ann. (“KRS”) § 15.520 (Michie 2008). The statute provides certain procedural protections to officers employed by local governments that receive appropriations from the Commonwealth’s general fund. At times relevant to this action, Plaintiff Shaun Seger (“Seger”) was employed as a police officer by the City of Lancaster, Kentucky (“Lancaster”). For a nineteen-day period in December of 2011, Seger was suspended…