Citing references

Merritt I, 827 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir.1987). Merritt I first held that Merritt had a protected property interest in his continued employment with KADA.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir. 1987). In Chernin v.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir.1987). The question we must decide is whether these same principles apply to Wood’s contract with Liberty, a private employment contract that provided for both termination at will and termination for cause.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 , comes closest to telling us what the law, under similar circumstances, was at the *487 time of Reed’s conduct.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir.1987). In Chernin v.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir.1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir. 1987), addressed a procedural due process property-based claim of that ilk.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir.1987). In that case we cited Greene and stated that "[i]t is undisputed that an individual may have a protected property interest in private employment." Id. at 1370 .

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir.1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1370 (9th Cir.1987). However, to be entitled to constitutional protection, the plaintiff must have “more than a unilateral expectation of continued employment; he must demonstrate a legitimate claim of entitlement.”

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1370-71 (9th Cir.1987), provides an example of such coercion. Merritt involved a § 1983 wrongful termination suit brought by a former employee of a private nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment agency.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1370 (9th Cir.1987). In order to establish a due process violation, the plaintiff must first show that he had more than a “unilateral expectation” of continuing employment, but also a “legitimate claim of entitlement.”

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir. 1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 , 1370–71 (9th Cir. 1987), for this asserted property interest is misplaced. There, in a report evaluating Klamath Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir. 1987) (quotation marks omitted).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1370 (9th Cir. 1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1370 (9th Cir. 1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1373 (9th Cir.1987). It is with respect to this clearly established right that we must examine the allegations contained in Pelletier’s complaint.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir.1987), for the proposition that liability may exist where the state actor indirectly causes a private party to deprive another private party of a protected interest.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1373 (9th Cir.1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1372 (9th Cir.1987).

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1373 (9th Cir.1987). i. Property Interest Plaintiff claims that he was deprived of a property right without due process.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1373 (9th Cir. 1987); Lenz v. Winburn, 51 F.3d 1540, 1545 (11th Cir. 1995); Gray v. Bell, 712 F.2d 490 , 502 n.36 (D.C.

Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir. 1987) (applying the test in the context of private employment) (quoting Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 577 , 92 S.Ct. *1234 2701 , 38 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972)); see also Stiesberg v.

See 827 F.2d 1368, 1371 (9th Cir. 1987). Accordingly, government officials who pressured Merritt’s private employer to terminate him without a hearing deprived him of property without due process. See id. at 1372 . Other cases Prime cites are also inapposite.