Bessent v. Dyersburg

5 Citing cases

  1. Welling v. Owens State Community College

    535 F. Supp. 2d 886 (N.D. Ohio 2008)   Cited 6 times
    Finding that the court “will not sacrifice efficiency, economy, and fairness and double up on the process due” to the plaintiff, where the plaintiff requested a name-clearing hearing even though he had received a full hearing before termination

    "[A] person's good name, reputation, honor, and integrity are among the liberty interests protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." Chilingirian v. Boris, 882 F.2d 200, 205 (6th Cir. 1989); Bessent v. Dyersburg State Community College, 224 Fed. Appx. 476, 480 (6th Cir. 2007). Defamation alone, however, is insufficient to invoke due process concerns.

  2. Meyers v. Vill. of Oxford

    Case No. 17-2169 (6th Cir. Jun. 27, 2018)   Cited 5 times
    In Meyers, the court considered whether volunteer participants in the Mounted Police Colloquium were entitled to a name clearing hearing when they were removed as volunteer reserve officers even though they were not paid employees.

    " Quinn, 293 F.3d at 319 (emphasis added) (quoting Paul, 424 U.S. at 711-12); see Crosby, 863 F.3d at 555 ("[D]efamation alone is not enough to trigger this constitutional protection; rather, the alleged damage must be tied to '[s]ome alteration of a right or status previously recognized by state law.'" (second alteration in original) (quoting Quinn, 293 F.3d at 319)); Bessent v. Dyersburg State Cmty. Coll., 224 F. App'x 476, 480 (6th Cir. 2007) ("Some alteration of a right or status 'previously recognized by state law,' such as employment, must accompany [the] damage to reputation." (quoting Quinn, 293 F.3d at 319)); Satkowiak v. Bay Cty. Sheriff's Dep't, 47 F. App'x 376, 379 (6th Cir. 2002) ("[M]ore is required than simply a state-imposed stigma[;] there must be a state-imposed stigma as well as a corresponding loss of right or status.

  3. Jennings v. Cnty. of Monroe

    630 F. App'x 547 (6th Cir. 2015)   Cited 20 times
    Finding no jury could find that defendant regarded plaintiff as claim disabled where doctors had cleared the plaintiff to return with no restrictions and the plaintiff had repeatedly asserted he could perform his job

    For example, we did not find stigma when an administrator at a non-profit was terminated because there "'were some recurring problems with the management of the grant'" as well as "'some basic policies that weren't being followed.'" Bessent v. Dyserburg State Cmty. Coll., 224 F. App'x 476, 480 (6th Cir. 2007). Despite the employee's claims in that case that "several friends contacted her and said that it sounded like she had stolen money," we held that such comments imposed no stigma of dishonesty or immorality, but rather spoke only of inadequate job performance.

  4. Wright v. Genesee County Corporation

    659 F. Supp. 2d 842 (E.D. Mich. 2009)   Cited 10 times
    Rejecting plaintiffs' substantive due process claim because “no alleged acts by the Defendants prevented the Plaintiffs from pursuing other towing contracts.”

    Further, with respect to their right to reputation, Plaintiffs must establish that the Defendants made false, stigmatizing statements about them. Bessent v. Dyersburg State Community College, 224 Fed. Appx. 476, 480 (6th Cir. 2007). No such allegations have been made in the instant case, and therefore Plaintiffs cannot maintain a substantive due process violation based upon alleged infringement on their liberty interest in their respective reputations.

  5. Back v. Hall

    Civil Action No. 3:06-5-JMH (E.D. Ky. Jul. 3, 2007)

    The Court nonetheless noted that the inquiry is "a practical one," and the Sixth Circuit's recent cases addressing Garcetti provide some guidance. Id.; see Haynes v. City of Circleville, 474 F.3d 357, 365 (6th Cir. 2007); Bessent v. Dyersburg State Cmty. Coll., No. 06-5305, 2007 WL 959420 (6th Cir. Apr. 2, 2007); Ibarra v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Co. Gov't, No. 06-5671, 2007 WL 579670 (6th Cir. Feb. 23, 2007).