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GUNVILLE v. WALKER

No. 08-1035.

583 F.3d 979 (2009)

Robert GUNVILLE and Richard Oakley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roger WALKER, Jr., Director of the Department of Corrections of the State of Illinois, and Donald J. Snyder, former Director of the Department of Corrections of the State of Illinois, in their individual and official capacities; Michael M. Rumman, former Director of the Department of Central Management Services of the State of Illinois, in his individual capacity only; and James P. Sledge, Director of the Department of Central Management Services of the State of Illinois, in his official capacity only, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard W. Feldman (argued), Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Debrai G. Haile, Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, Chicago, IL, Mary Ellen Welsh (argued), Brian F. Barov, Office of Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION, ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Gunville and Richard Oakley were terminated from their employment with the State of Illinois after a change in the governing political. Although they would have been eligible to be reemployed at positions throughout the state under prior interpretations of personnel rules, the new administration applied the rules much more narrowly, resulting in a lack of opportunities for reemployment for the two men. They charged certain state officials...

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