Gary Riccio v. County of Fairfax, Virginia J. Hamilton Lambert John E. Granfield, Chief the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County

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• holding that not every violation of state-created procedures amounts to a federal due process violation
• holding that state’s failure to abide by its own procedural regulations is not a federal due process issue
• holding that “a government employee facing possible termination simply is not entitled to all rights of a criminal defendant.”
• holding that if state law grants more procedural rights than the Constitution requires, state’s failure to abide by that law is not federal due process issue
• holding that if state law grants more procedural rights than the Constitution requires, a state official’s failure to abide by that law is not federal issue
• holding that if state law grants more procedural rights than the Constitution requires, a state official’s failure to abide by that law is not federal issue

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