Association Of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs v. Gates

716 F.2d 733 ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS, George Byrd, Robert Singer, Cliff Miller, and John White, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Brad GATES, Sheriff-Coroner, County of Orange, and County of Orange, Defendants/Appellees. No. 82-5686. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 3, 1983. Decided Sept. 23, 1983. Edward N. Duran, Santa Ana, Cal., for defendants/appellees. Gregory G. Petersen, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiffs/appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHAMBERS, KENNEDY and HUG, Circuit Judges. CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs Robert Singer and Cliff Miller appeal from the district court's order granting summary judgment to appellees holding Cal.Penal Code Secs. 12031(b)(1) and 12027 do not grant entitlements sufficient to invoke the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 1 The district court also rejected appellants' claim that their liberty interests were implicated and injured by appellees' action. We affirm. 2 Appellants, former deputy sheriffs retired under medical disability, brought suit under 42 U.S.C.…