Case: Individual Employment Rights/Due Process (E.D. Wash.)

Ferry County, Washington, its sheriff, select deputies, and the city of Republic are entitled to summary judgment on the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim of a police officer alleging that his termination violated his 14th Amendment rights, where the county employees have qualified immunity, the county isn’t vicariously liable for their acts, the police officer didn’t have a protected property interest in continued employment, he knew he would be terminated for not finishing a police academy, and he had an opportunity to contest the dismissal, a Washington federal district court ruled.