Abel v. City of Algona

MEMORANDUM **

Because Antonio Abel and Kenneth Freeman (the “Officers”) were placed on “administrative assignment” without loss of pay or rank, such assignment did not effect a deprivation of property for purposes of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 due process claim. See Stiesberg v. California, 80 F.3d 353, 355-57 (9th Cir.1996) (citing *315cases). Nor is there a clearly established due process right to a hearing before employees are put on leave with pay. Dias v. Elique, 436 F.3d 1125, 1132 (9th Cir.2006). Moreover, the Officers have not presented evidence that the administrative assignment constituted a…