112264P.pdf   05/10/2012  Edward McDonald  v.  City of Saint Paul
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2264
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Smith,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Civil Rights. Plaintiff had no protected property interest in
   the position of director of the City's Department of Human Rights and
   Equal Economic Opportunity as nothing in the resolution concerning
   appointment of the position mandated defendants to strictly apply the City
   charter sections governing other positions, precluded the selection
   committee from certifying additional finalists or prohibited the mayor from
   considering additional finalists; plaintiff presented no evidence that he was
   treated differently from similarly situated candidates or that he was the
   victim of intentional or purposeful discrimination, and his equal protection
   claim failed; plaintiff failed to establish a conspiracy to deny his civil
   rights; status as a whistleblower does not entitle one to protection under
   42 U.S.C. Sec. 1985; with respect to Title VII and the Minnesota Human
   Rights Act, plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation;
   Title IX claim was properly rejected; appointment of another to the
   position did not constitute extreme and outrageous behavior for purposes
   of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress.