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LINTON v. FREDERICK COUNTY BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 91-2189.

964 F.2d 1436 (1992)

Ronald O. LINTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; R. Wayne Keeler, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Gordon, Gordon & Simmons, Frederick, Md., argued (M. Bridget Bielinski, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel Karp, Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, Baltimore, Md., argued for defendants-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and SPENCER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

On April 15, 1991, Robert O. Linton was given notice by Frederick County that he was being terminated from his employment as chief of the county's highway operations for the reasons given to him in a written "Notice of Dismissal." He was given the choice of either resigning or being fired. When Linton asked for time to discuss the situation with his family, the county agreed to receive his decision the next day, April 16...

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