BOSTON v. WEBB

No. 85-1078.

783 F.2d 1163 (1986)

Joseph H.L. BOSTON, Appellant, v. Jack H. WEBB, City Manager of the City of Washington, North Carolina (official capacity); Johnny R. Rose, Chief of Police of the City of Washington, North Carolina (official capacity), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman E. Gaskins, Jr. (Gaskins, McMullan & Gaskins, P.A., Washington, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Richard T. Rice (Allan R. Gitter, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, N.C., James B. McMullan, Jr., McMullan & Knott, Washington, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Following his discharge from employment as a police officer of the City of Washington, North Carolina, Boston sued the City Manager and the Chief of Police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming a denial by those officials of his procedural due process rights in connection with his discharge. He now appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the city official-defendants. We affirm.

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