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NULL v. GARDNER

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Peoria Division
Sep 8, 2009
Case No. 09-cv-1065 (C.D. Ill. Sep. 8, 2009)

Summary

finding claim that plaintiff fired from position as deputy clerk because of intimate relationship with man is analyzed as a liberty interest under the Due Process Clause

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Opinion

Case No. 09-cv-1065.

September 8, 2009


ORDER


Before the court is Magistrate Judge Cudmore's Report and Recommendation [Doc. 14] on Defendants Pam Gardner's and Tazewell County's Motions to Dismiss filed on March 11, 2009 [Docs. 4 and 7]. The parties have not filed any objections within the ten (10) working days allotted by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Failure to timely object constitutes a waiver of any objections. See Johnson v. Zema Sys. Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999); Video Views, Inc. v. Studio 21 Ltd., 797 F.2d 538 (7th Cir. 1986). Accordingly, this Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants' Motions to Dismiss [Docs. 4 and 7] are DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Illinois Whistleblower Act claim is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


Summaries of

NULL v. GARDNER

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Peoria Division
Sep 8, 2009
Case No. 09-cv-1065 (C.D. Ill. Sep. 8, 2009)

finding claim that plaintiff fired from position as deputy clerk because of intimate relationship with man is analyzed as a liberty interest under the Due Process Clause

Summary of this case from Rihm v. Hancock Cnty. Pub. Library
Case details for

NULL v. GARDNER

Case Details

Full title:RONDA NULL, Plaintiff, v. PAM GARDNER and TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS…

Court:United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Peoria Division

Date published: Sep 8, 2009

Citations

Case No. 09-cv-1065 (C.D. Ill. Sep. 8, 2009)

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