Legal Opinion
Chmielinski v. Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 2008No. 07-1652PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Andrew Chmielinski, the Chief Probation Officer of the Milford, Massachusetts, District Court, was fired by the Commissioner of Probation after a hearing on charges he had abused his office. That termination was upheld on administrative appeal to the Chief Justice for Administration and Management (“CJAM”) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Trial Court and then to the Trial Court’s Advisory Committee on Personnel Standards.
Chmielinski filed a civil rights action in federal district court alleging that his procedural due process rights had been violated. The district…
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