092632P.pdf   08/31/2010  Calvin Chism  v.  Dan Curtner
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2632
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to make a prima
   facie case of discrimination as he failed to show that similarly situated
   employees outside the protected class were treated differently; even if he
   had made a prima facie case, plaintiff's case still failed because he failed
   to show that the legitimate, non-discriminatory ground for his discharge
   (repeated arrests) was a pretext for racial discrimination; due process
   claims were properly rejected as plaintiff did not have a property interest
   in his position and he cannot show that defendants acted arbitrarily and
   capriciously or in a conscience-shocking way; equal protection claim fails
   in absence of evidence plaintiff was treated differently than other
   similarly situated individuals; promissory estoppel claim fails as the
   Mayor's promise regarding continued employment was not an authorized
   act.