RIGGINS v. BD. OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

No. 85-1943.

790 F.2d 707 (1986)

Yolanda Fuentes RIGGINS, Appellant, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, a Public Body Corporate; John Dzerk, in his official capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thom K. Cope, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

John C. Witse, for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Yolanda Riggins appeals the District Court's1 judgment for the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit. For reversal, she argues that the University violated her procedural due process rights by discharging her from its custodial staff without providing constitutionally adequate pretermination procedures.2

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Riggins is a Hispanic...

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