MOORE v. OTERO

No. 75-4417.

557 F.2d 435 (1977)

Robert I. MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles OTERO, Individually and as Chief of Police, City of Tampa, Florida, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary R. Singletary, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry E. Williams, Jr., City Atty., Stann W. Givens, Matias Blanco, Jr., Asst. City Attys., Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider a police officer's contention that his transfer from corporal to police patrolman deprived him of "liberty" or "property," vesting him with a right under the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to a hearing on the charge that provoked the transfer. The district court granted summary judgment for the City of Tampa, and the plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

At the time of the district court's ruling, the...

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