HOPKINS v. SAUNDERS

No. 96-1174.

93 F.3d 522 (1996)

Tommy D. HOPKINS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. John L. SAUNDERS, Kyle Vickers, Defendants/Appellants, Charles Ausfahl, Defendant, Roy Temple, Beth M. Wheeler, Defendants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Layton, Deputy Attorney General (argued), Jefferson City, Missouri (Charles W. Hatfield, on the brief), for appellants.

Jerry W. Venters, Jefferson City, Missouri (argued), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and DOTY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 23, 1996.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

After Tommy D. Hopkins was terminated from his job as Director of the Division of Grain Inspection and Warehousing (the Division) of the Missouri Department of Agriculture (the Department), he brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against John L. Saunders, Director of the Department, and others, in their individual and official capacities, (collectively, the...

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