ILES v. DE JONGH

No. 09-4579.

638 F.3d 169 (2011)

Charles ILES v. Governor John P. DE JONGH, Jr., in his official and individual capacity, and The Government of the United States Virgin Islands. Claude S.M. Gerard v. Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr., in his official and individual capacity, and The Government of the United States Virgin Islands. John P. de Jongh, Jr., in his official capacity, and the Government of the Virgin Islands, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: April 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela R. Tepper, Esq. , [Argued], Vincent F. Frazer, Esq. , Elliott M. Davis, Esq. , Richard S. Davis, Esq. , Office of the Attorney General of Virgin Islands, Department of Justice, St. Thomas, USVI, for Appellants.

Jeffrey B.C. Moorhead, Esq. , [Argued], St. Croix, USVI, for Appellees.

Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, FUENTES, SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

Shortly after commencing his first term in office, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr., fired Claude S.M. Gerard and Charles Iles, two public employees in the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. Both employees sued the Governor and the Government of the Virgin Islands, claiming that their terminations deprived them of their property interests in public employment without due process of...

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