Meyers v. Eastern OK County Tech Center, No. 13-6302 (10th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseThis case grew out of Donna Meyers's employment at the Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center. During her employment, Meyers had a disagreement with a subordinate who taught at the school. When the school superintendent learned of the situation, he instructed Meyers to consult another supervisor before taking any action against the subordinate. Four days later, Meyers violated this instruction by taking away two of the subordinate's classes. The school superintendent viewed this as insubordination and recommended Meyers be fired. Meyers then sued the school and the superintendent, alleging retaliation for engaging in protected speech and deprivation of procedural due process. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants, and Meyers appealed. The appeal raised two questions for the Tenth Circuit's review: (1) could a reasonable trier of fact conclude that school administrators retaliated against the plaintiff when she directly disobeyed instructions?; and (2) could a reasonable trier of fact infer denial of due process, in the absence of a liberty or property interest, based on inadmissible hearsay? The Court concluded that no reasonable trier of fact could find retaliation or denial of due process. As a result, the Court affirmed.
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