Certified for Partial Publication.
MASTERSON, J.
This appeal presents the principal question of whether the due process clause entitles a public employee to a predeprivation hearing before he is demoted in lieu of layoff. We conclude that such a hearing is not required and that a post-demotion hearing is sufficient.
BACKGROUND
On March 12, 1990, plaintiff Robert Duncan went to work for the California Department...
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