In 1998, Robert F. Lumpkin, the Public Safety Director of the Lafayette Police Department, was terminated from his position. He filed a lawsuit alleging that city officials failed to follow established procedures requiring notice and a hearing before his termination, claiming a violation of his due process rights. The court found that Lumpkin’s claim fell within the rule set forth in Parratt v. Taylor and Hudson v. Palmer, requiring him to demonstrate the absence of a meaningful state post-deprivation remedy to make out a procedural due process violation. The court concluded that Alabama courts were available to hear Lumpkin’s claim that the city officials failed to follow established procedures, and thus, his due process rights were not violated. The case was dismissed on October 27, 1998. [Source: Lumpkin v. City of Lafayette, Ala., 24 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (M.D. Ala. 1998)]
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