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SYKES v. CITY OF GENTRY, ARK.

No. 96-3988.

114 F.3d 829 (1997)

Kirk D. SYKES, Appellant, v. The CITY OF GENTRY, ARKANSAS; The City Council of Gentry, Arkansas; Robert D. Abrahamson, Mayor, City of Gentry, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Pawlik, argued, Bentonville, AR (Ella M. Long, on the brief), for appellant.

Shane Perry, argued, North Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, HEANEY, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Kirk D. Sykes, the former police chief of Gentry, Arkansas, appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment against him in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) action against the City of Gentry. We affirm.

I.

On March 22, 1995, Sykes was hired as the chief of police of Gentry, Arkansas. At the time Sykes was hired, § 14-43-504(e)(2) of the Arkansas Code provided that "Mayors shall have...

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