Venegas

Venegas v. Madera County

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12 F. App'x 485
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 3, 2001No. 99-17420; D.C. No. CV-98-05994-AWI/SMSCalifornia460 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Rosan Venegas appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Madera County, Madera County Board of Supervisors and Bill O’Brian (collectively, “County”) on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. She argues that the court (1) improperly concluded that she did not have a property interest in her continued County employment, which would entitle her to a due process hearing; (2) incorrectly found that her claimed liberty interest was not violated when County terminated her employment based on false theft charges; and (3) improperly determined that County afforded her adequate due process by giving her an opportunity to refute the charges and clear her name.

We have jurisdiction, 12 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, Weiner v. San Diego County, 210 F.3d 1025, 1028 (9th Cir.2000), and may affirm on any ground supported by the record, Lujan v. Pacific Maritime Ass’n, 165 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.1999).

With respect to Venegas’ claim that she has a constitutionally protected interest in her continued County employment, Venegas has failed to establish a legitimate claim of entitlement to such a benefit. See Bd. of…

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