Rayme Vinson v. City of Valdez and Douglas Griffin

967 F.2d 596 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rayme VINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF VALDEZ and Douglas Griffin, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-35244. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1992. Decided May 26, 1992. Before PREGERSON, TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Rayme Vinson appeals the grants of summary judgment in favor of defendants, the City of Valdez, Alaska, and its City Manager, Douglas Griffin ("defendants"). After being discharged from his position as Chief of the Department of Emergency Services ("DES"), Vinson brought an action for violations of property and liberty rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) 1 , breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, retaliatory discharge, and violation of Alaska's Open Meetings Act. In two orders, ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment and on motions for reconsideration,…