Leonard Levitt v. The University of Texas at El Paso and Haskell Monroe, Individually and as Representative of Utep

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Leonard Levitt alleges that the University of Texas at El Paso, its President, and two of its professors denied him due process of law before he was dismissed from his position as a tenured professor. Levitt had notice and a hearing before a faculty committee prior to his dismissal, but contends that his hearing did not comport with due process because the faculty committee that heard his case was tainted with the appearance of bias and because the University failed to follow its own rules in conducting the dismissal proceedings. The district court,…