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Felix A. Olivieri v. Matt L. Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1997) | 122 F.3d 406; 38 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 744; 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 186; 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 21565; 72 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,143; 1997 WL 465652
TL;DR: A probationary police officer, fired for sexual harassment, sued his employer. He claimed a due process violation because the stigmatizing reason for his firing prevented him from finding new work, even though the employer never publicized it. The court rejected his claim.
Legal Significance: The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a public employee's § 1983 claim for deprivation of occupational liberty requires the employer to disseminate the stigmatizing information; the employee's own "compelled self-publication" is insufficient to trigger due process protections.