Paul Mohr, Jr. v. Murphy Elementary School District

MEMORANDUM

In October 2009, the Governing Board (the “Board”) of the Murphy Elementary School District (the “District”) initiated termination proceedings against Paul Mohr, the District Superintendent, after he was arrested for shoplifting a bottle of wine from a local grocery store. In January 2010, Mohr and his wife filed an Amended Complaint in Arizona state court asserting claims for breach of contract, tortious interference, violation of Mohr’s right to procedural due process, and violation of the Arizona Open Meeting Law. On January 25, 2010, defendants removed the case to the District Court for the District of Arizona (Campbell, J.), which, by Order dated February 19, 2010, 2010 WL 653465 , denied the Mohrs’ motion to remand the case to state court. Thereafter, defendants-appellees moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint, and the district court, by Order dated May 5, 2010, 2010 WL 1842262 , dismissed the tortious interference, procedural due process, and Open Meeting law claims, and remanded the breach of contract claim to Arizona state court. The instant appeal followed. We affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss as well as a district…