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JOHNSON v. CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS

No. 96-3081EA.

113 F.3d 842 (1997)

William H. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS; Al Boals, in His Official and Individual Capacity; Joe Brasfield, in His Official and Individual Capacity; Thomas Burroughs, in His Official and Individual Capacity; Al Felton; Roberta Jackson, in Her Official and Individual Capacity; Bill Pollard, in His Official and Individual Capacity; Dan Scott, in His Official and Individual Capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Oliver Dudley, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Mark Robert Hayes, North Little Rock, AR (David Schoen, on brief), argued, for appellees.

Before FAGG, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

In January 1995, newly elected mayor Al Boals fired William H. Johnson from his job as the general manager of the utility commission in West Memphis, Arkansas. Despite Johnson's repeated requests, Mayor Boals refused to hold a termination hearing or to offer any reasons for his decision. Johnson asked the city council to intervene, but his request was denied. See Ark.Code Ann. § 14-42-110 (Michie 1987) (unless vetoed by two-thirds...

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