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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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File Name: 08a0067p.06

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________

JEFFREY D. SLYMAN,

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CITY OF PIQUA; GRANT D. KERBER, in his individual

and official capacity as Director of Law (City of

Piqua),

 Defendants-Appellees.

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No. 07-3468

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Ohio at Dayton.

No. 06-00006—Walter H. Rice, District Judge.

Argued: January 30, 2008

Decided and Filed: February 8, 2008 

Before: GUY, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

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COUNSEL

ARGUED: Elaine S. Bernstein, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellant. Robert J. Surdyk, SURDYK DOWD

& TURNER, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Elaine S. Bernstein, Dayton, Ohio, for

Appellant. Robert J. Surdyk, SURDYK DOWD & TURNER, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellee.

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OPINION _________________

PER CURIAM. Plaintiff Jeffrey Slyman was appointed by defendant the City of Piqua as

an Assistant Law Director. When defendant Grant Kerber, Piqua’s then-Current Law Director and

plaintiff’s supervisor, discharged Slyman, Slyman sued, alleging identical procedural due process

violations against both Piqua and Kerber. The defendants moved for summary judgment, asserting

that plaintiff’s due process claims fail because he did not have a federally protected property interest

in continued employment. 

The district court agreed and granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff

filed this timely appeal. 

Having had the benefit of oral argument and having carefully considered the record on

appeal, we are not persuaded that a lengthy opinion is necessary. Accordingly, we AFFIRM for the

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reasons set forth in the well-reasoned opinion of the district court. See Slyman v. City of Piqua, 494

F. Supp. 2d 732 (S.D. Ohio. 2007).

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