Michalowicz v. Village of Bedford Park

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• holding that the Illinois Administrative Review Act, 735 ILCS 5/3-101 et seqg., provided an adequate remedy for village fire inspector’s claim that he was deprived of due process at his pre-termination hearing
• noting that a plaintiff must demonstrate that the existing state law remedy is \inadequate to the point that it is meaningless or nonexistent\
• stressing that “the relevant constitutional question is whether sufficient state-law protections exist, not whether sufficient protections were afforded”
• explaining that any procedural due process claim requires plaintiff to allege “(1) deprivation of a protected interest, and (2) insufficient procedural protections surrounding that deprivation”
• explaining that any procedural due process claim requires plaintiff to allege “deprivation of a protected interest and insufficient procedural protections surrounding that deprivation”
• stressing that “the relevant constitutional question is whether sufficient state-law protections exist, not whether sufficient protections were afforded”

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