Opinion ID: 2179950
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Pratt Already Received Full Procedural Due Process.

Text: [¶ 18] The Superior Court found that [b]y 1996, it was well established `that a constructive discharge of a public employee without procedural due process constitutes an unconstitutional deprivation of property.' ... Because their actions violated [Pratt's] clearly established rights, defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law. Pratt, however, had received the full procedural due process to which he was entitled for the 1996 events to which the court was referring. The events, in fact, culminated in a decision and order of the Lincoln County Appeal Board calling for Pratt's reinstatement. Defendants, therefore, are entitled to a summary judgment on this issue. Furthermore, because the LCPO has been dissolved, the issue of Pratt's employment status, particularly after he was reinstated, is now moot.