The following excerpt is from Dorr v. Butte County, 795 F.2d 875 (9th Cir. 1986):
10. Personnel rules create a constitutionally protected property interest only if their procedural requirements were intended to have a substantial restriction on decisionmaking. See Clemente v. United States, 766 F.2d 1358, 1364-65 (9th Cir.1985).
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