Legal Opinion
Miller v. Clinton County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 1, 2008No. 07-2105PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
Rita Miller, a former employee of the Clinton County Probation office, brought this civil rights action against the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Richard Saxton, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Miller’s complaint asserts that Judge Sax-ton terminated her employment in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech, and her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. 1
Judge Saxton moved to dismiss Miller’s complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Alternatively, he claimed that he…
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