Sandra J. Knudson v. City of Ellensburg, Lawrence M. Loveless and Jane Doe Loveless, and the Marital Community Composed Thereof

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• explaining that in a procedural due process case 11 a court must first determine whether a liberty or property interest exists entitling the individual to 12 due process
• equating a regular pension with a disability benefit, and noting that once a disability benefit vested, the recipient “is entitled under [state] law to receive the benefit”
• denial of a required pre-termination hearing is always actionable, even where an adequate post-deprivation hearing was provided and even where the deprivation itself was justified
• denial of a required pre-termination hearing is always actionable, even where an adequate post-deprivation hearing was provided and even where the deprivation itself was justified
• upon disability, the right to receive medical disability benefits vests, and plaintiff's interest in those benefits is a constitutionally protected property interest.
• “necessity of quick action may justify” existing procedures

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