KIZER v. SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT

No. 10-5161.

649 F.3d 462 (2011)

Edward KIZER; John Ryan, III; Don Howell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT; Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board; Otis Jackson, Individually and in his official capacity; Joe Ford, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alan G. Crone , Crone & McEvoy, PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Charles W. Cavagnaro, Jr. , Evans Petree, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, Louis P. Britt III , Ford & Harrison LLP, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Alan G. Crone , Crone & McEvoy, PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Charles W. Cavagnaro, Jr. , Evans Petree, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, Louis P. Britt III , Marcy N. Ingram , Ford & Harrison LLP, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS and SILER, Circuit Judges; VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.


OPINION

VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.

Following their termination from appointed positions within the Shelby County Clerk's Office, Edward A. Kizer, John J. Ryan, III, and Don Howell brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They allege that they were terminated without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the County and its officials, concluding that Kizer, Ryan, and Howell...

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