Case: Individual Employment Rights/Procedural Due Process (D. Ariz.)

An Arizona federal district court granted the City of Cottonwood’s motion to dismiss a procedural due process claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by a former chief of police who alleged he was wrongfully terminated, ruling that the individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity because the plaintiff failed to identify prior case law establishing his protected property interest, and that the plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to establish municipal liability under Monell by not demonstrating an official policy, custom, final policymaker authority, or ratification.

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