"[D]efamation alone, even by a government entity, does not constitute a deprivation of a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause. Some `stigma plus' must be shown before mere defamation will rise to the level of a constitutional deprivation.... `[I]n the context of defamation involving a government employee, defamation ... is not a deprivation of a liberty interest unless it occurs in the course of dismissal or refusal to rehire the individual as a government...
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