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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

DAVID A. JOHNSON, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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FI LED 

Uoited States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

MAY 2 2 19 0 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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CITY OF WICHITA, GENE DENTON, ROBERT ) 

FINCH, JOHN WYNKOOP, and ROBERT BROWN, ) 

TONY CASADO, ROBERT KNIGHT, ALBERT KIRK,) 

No. 89-3260 

(D.C. No. 85-1994-K) 

( D. Kan.) 

and MARGALEE WRIGHT, members of the ) 

Wichita City Commission, SAM ROTHE, ) 

Employee Relations Officer, CAPTAIN MIKE) 

HILL, Head of the Wichita Police Depart-) 

ment Special Investigations Section, ) 

and All other Persons succeeding to or ) 

acting in the offices of official ) 

capacity of the above named and their ) 

agents, subordinates and employees, ) 

WALTER TROMBOLD, MERLYN HATCHER, WILLA ) 

WULZ and EDWARD FRANCIS, members of the) 

Termination Committee, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, ANDERSON, and TACHA, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

Appellate Case: 89-3260 Document: 01019970286 Date Filed: 05/22/1990 Page: 1 
This appeal is from an order of the district court granting 

summary judgment in favor of defendants in a case alleging that 

the city and various city officials violated plaintiff's 

constitutional rights when he was terminated from his position as 

Chief Engineer of the Wichita Water Department. The plaintiff 

alleges on appeal that the district court erred in holding that 

plaintiff was afforded due process in the various hearings and 

hearing opportunities that were afforded to him and in holding 

that plaintiff was given an adequate name-clearing hearing before 

an impartial tribunal. See Powell~ Mikulecky, 891 F.2d 1454 

(10th Cir. 1989). We agree with the district court that under the 

circumstances of this case plaintiff has not been deprived of any 

constitutional rights and affirm for substantially the reasons 

given by the district court. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 89-3260 Document: 01019970286 Date Filed: 05/22/1990 Page: 2