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STAPLES v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 96-3788.

142 F.3d 383 (1998)

William STAPLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Staples (submitted), Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Grant F. Langley, Jan A. Smokowicz, Tracy Johnson, Office of the City Attorney, Milwaukee, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

A few days after William Staples became involved in a fistfight with one of his co-workers in the Bridges and Public Buildings Division of the City of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works ("the DPW"), the City fired him from his job. He brought this case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the City's action deprived him of his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. In addition...

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