KLUNK v. COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH

No. 98-2039.

170 F.3d 772 (1999)

Edward M. KLUNK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH, Peter J. Nemeth, Judge, individually and in his official capacity as Judge of St. Joseph Probate Court, and Thomas N. Frederick, individually and in his official capacity as Director of Court Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Bodensteiner (argued), Valparaiso, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James A. Masters (argued), Nemeth, Feeney & Masters, South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Judge Peter J. Nemeth of the St. Joseph County Probate Court and Thomas N. Frederick, Director of Court Services, terminated Edward M. Klunk, an employee of the St. Joseph County Juvenile Probation Department, after Klunk announced he intended to run for a position on the Board of Trustees of the South Bend Community School Corporation (the "School Board"). Klunk sued St. Joseph County and his supervisors in the Northern District of Indiana...

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