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Parties Involved:
Bud Davis
Appellee
Debbie Gregg
Appellant
Carol Lee
Appellant
Pottawatomie County
Appellee

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UniJsJ~cJ Rppoala UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

DEBBIE GREGG; CAROL LEE; 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

BUD DAVIS, individually and as 

Sheriff of Pottawatomie County, 

State of Oklahoma; POTTAWATOMIE 

COUNTY, State of Oklahoma, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

OCT 15 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 91-6120 

(D.C. No. CIV-90-826-R) 

(W.D. Oklahoma) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously to honor the parties' request for a 

decision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

The issues in this appeal are whether the plaintiffs, former 

employees of a county sheriff's department, made a sufficient 

showing of a possible violation of either a property right or a 

* 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. 

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liberty interest to require denial of the defendants' motion for 

summary judgment on their 42 u.s.c. § 1983 claim. The district 

court has properly analyzed the issues in the appeal, and we 

affirm for substantially the reasons set forth in the district 

court's order of February 28, 1991. See also Carnes v. Parker, 

922 F.2d 1506, 1511 (10th Cir. 1991) (applying Oklahoma law, "we 

cannot imply from a list of grounds for termination or a simple 

reference to possible disciplinary action any contractual right 

promising continued employment"); Melton v. City of Oklahoma City, 

928 F.2d 920, 928 (10th Cir. 1991) (en bane) (liberty interest not 

infringed unless employer makes public untruthful statements 

concerning discharged employee), petition for cert. filed, 60 

U.S.L.W. 3046 (U.S. July 2, 1991) (No. 91-29). 

AFFIRMED. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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