Can an on-call assignment at a jail be terminated without cause of cause?

In this case petitioner had no constitutionally protected interest in his on-call assignment at the jail. It was a temporary position, terminable at will. The hearing to which he was entitled was not intended to protect that interest. Instead, "the hearing required where a nontenured employee has been stigmatized in the course of a decision to terminate his employment is solely 'to provide the person an opportunity to clear his name.' " (Codd v. Velger, supra, 429 U.S. at p. 627, 97 S.Ct. at p. 884, 51 L.Ed.2d at p. 96; italics added.)