The following excerpt is from Beck v. City of Moreno Valley, 77 F.3d 488 (9th Cir. 1996):
Finally, a government employee may have a constitutionally protected property right in his or her employment created by state rules, regulations or laws. See Allen v. City of Beverly Hills, 911 F.2d 367, 369-70 (9th Cir.1990). Whether a state law creates a property interest depends upon the extent to which the decisionmaker is constrained by "particularized standards or criteria." See id. at 370.
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