Due Process Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//August 12, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Eddie R. Bradley v. Village of University Park, Illinois, et al.

Case No.: 16-3456

Officials: MANION, ROVNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Due Process Violation

In 2015, the Village of University Park’s mayor and board fired police chief Eddie Ray Bradley without any notice of good cause or any form of hearing—i.e., the procedural protections owed to Bradley under the United States Constitution. Bradley sued the village and mayor in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his Fourteenth Amendment rights by depriving him of a property interest in his job without due process of law. He also asserted several state-law claims. The district court dismissed Bradley’s federal due process claim on the pleadings. We reverse.

Reversed and remanded

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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