Rebecca Reid appeals the dismissal of her claim against Betty Stiles, former Johnson County Justice of the Peace, for a violation of the Eighth Amendment. 1 Stiles terminated Reid from her position as a court clerk, which Reid argues was cruel and usual punishment. Eighth Amendment violations, however, do not arise “until after [the State] has secured a formal adjudication of guilt in accordance with due process of law. Where the State seeks to impose punishment without such an adjudication, the pertinent constitutional guarantee is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651, 671 n. 40, 97 S.Ct. 1401, 51 L.Ed.2d 711 (1977). Because Stiles merely terminated Reid’s employment, the Eighth Amendment’s protections are inapplicable.

AFFIRMED.