R. D. Alford v. City Dallas

R. D. Alford sued the City of Dallas and Billy Prince, the Chief of Police for the City of Dallas (collectively "City of Dallas"), in a district court seeking review of an administrative personnel decision. Alford alleged that the failure of the Dallas Police Department to follow its written transfer regulations deprived him of his liberty and property interests without due process of law, deprived him of the equal protection of the law, and unconstitutionally impaired his employment contract with the City of Dallas. The trial court dismissed Alfords suit for want of jurisdiction. In one point of error, Alford contends that he invoked the jurisdiction of the trial court by properly pleading deprivations of his federal and state constitutional rights, and that, therefore, the trial court erred in dismissing his suit. We disagree. Consequently, we affirm.