Tibbetts v. Kulongoski

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• holding that a sixteen-month span between' termination and a press release which publicized the stigmatizing statement at issue severed the “temporal nexus”
• finding that press release published 16 months after termination could not be considered “in the course” of termination (citation omitted)
• rejecting due process claim against governor who made allegedly stigmatizing statement after unconstitutional termination by another government agency, despite having recommended the termination
• 16-month span between termination and a press release publicizing the stigmatizing statement severed the temporal nexus
• “only the stigma of dishonesty or moral turpitude gives rise to a liberty interest; charges of incompetence do not”
• in the employment termination context, a liberty interest is implicated if the charge impairs a reputation for honesty or morality

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