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HEADNOTE: City of Annapolis, et al. v. Kenneth E. Rowe, Jr., et al., No. 1416, September Term, 1997. CIVIL RIGHTS -- While a tenured public employee has a due process right, protected by the 14th Amendment, to a hearing prior to being terminated from his job, the employee enjoys no such right to a hearing prior to being notified by the employer of an intent to terminate at a future date.

REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1416 September Term, 1997 _______________________________

THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS, ET AL.

V.

KENNETH E. ROWE, JR., ET AL.

_______________________________ Salmon, Eyler, Bell, Rosalyn B. (Ret., Specially Assigned), JJ. _______________________________ Opinion by Salmon, J. _______________________________ Filed: September 30, 1998

On October 15, 1992, Lieutenant Kenneth E. Rowe, Jr., of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, and his wife, Kimberly, filed suit against appellant, the City of Annapolis (the "City"). They also sued Mayor Alfred A. Hopkins; Fire Chief Edward P. Sherlock, Jr.; Deputy Chief Charles W. Smith III; and former City Attorney Jonathan A. Hodgson. The complaint set forth six causes of action.

The counts and allegations were: Count I, a violation of Lt. Rowe's rights under 42 U.S.C.

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