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LEWIS v. HARRIS

No. 97-3048.

965 F.Supp. 1179 (1997)

Paul LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. John W. HARRIS, individually and as Chief of Police of the Springfield Police Department, George Murphy, individually and as Assistant Chief of the Springfield Police Department, Karen Hasara, individually and as Mayor of the City of Springfield, and Gina Marshall, individually and as Chief Examiner of the Springfield Civil Service Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

June 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne H. Evans, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff.

Janis E. VonQualen, Robert M. Rogers, Springfield, IL, for Defendants.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

With 2½ hours left in his 1-year probationary period as a Springfield police officer, Plaintiff was discharged.

He now alleges that Defendants violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

But the Due Process Clause only applies if Defendants deprived Plaintiff of property, and employment as a probationary police officer is not property.

I. BACKGROUND

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