Sutton v. Bailey, et al, No. 12-1276 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff commenced this lawsuit after he was terminated from his employment at Arkansas State University, asserting procedural due process claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the Vice-Chancellor and Director-of-Instruction in their official and individual capacities. Plaintiff alleged that the officials provided constitutionally inadequate pretermination process and sought damages and injunctive relief. The court concluded that reasonable school officials would not have known that the officials' conduct violated plaintiff's clearly established due-process rights and therefore reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity.
Court Description: Civil case - civil rights. District court erred in denying defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity as reasonable school officials would not have know that their conduct violated plaintiff's clearly established due-process rights.
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