Larry Reinlasoder v. City of Colstrip

MEMORANDUM

Appellant Larry Reinlasoder brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Colstrip, Montana, and its mayor, Rose Hanser (collectively “the City”), after he was fired from his job as Colstrip’s chief of police. The district court granted summary judgment for the City as to Reinlasoder’s federal due process claims, declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Reinlasoder’s remaining state law claims, and denied his motion to file a second amended complaint. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

1. We review de novo a district court’s grant of summary judgment. Oswalt v. Resolute Indus., Inc., 642 F.3d 856, 859 (9th Cir. 2011). ‘We determine, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law.” Id. (quoting Wallis v. Princess Cruises, Inc., 306 F.3d 827, 832 (9th Cir. 2002)).

2. On the undisputed record, Rein-lasoder received adequate pretermination process as a matter of law. The Due Process Clause requires a public employer .who seeks to terminate an employee to provide the employee…