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POWERS v. RICHARDS

No. 06-2866.

549 F.3d 505 (2008)

Robert POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George E. RICHARDS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carl Elitz (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Powers, a former State of Illinois employee and a member of the Republican Party, brought this civil-rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the governor of Illinois and his staff violated his right to freedom of association when they fired him because of his party affiliation. He also asserted that the members of the Illinois Civil Service Commission denied him procedural due process when they fired him without an adequate...

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