Raymond Ellsworth v. Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, and Philip McLaughlin Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire

OPINION EN BANC

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Raymond Ellsworth appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) for a writ of habeas corpus. Between 1988 and 1992, Ellsworth worked at the Spaulding Youth Center (“Spaulding”), a residential school and treatment facility for children with emotional, behavioral, and neurological impairments, in Northfield, New Hampshire. Ellsworth was a “cottage teacher” at Colcord Cottage, a dormitory facility at Spaulding for boys between the ages of six and twelve. His job included supervising the boys at meals and on field…