Bielawski v. Personnel Administrator of the Division of Personnel Administration

This action arises from five separate decisions by the board of selectmen of Dedham (selectmen) to “bypass” the plaintiff pursuant to G. L. c. 31, § 27 (1994 ed.), for a promotion from patrolman to sergeant. The plaintiff com*460plains that the actions of the appointing authority and the Civil Service Commission (commission) in regard to these bypasses violated the requirements of the civil service statute, G. L. c. 31, and infringed his “civil rights” as protected by the State and Federal Constitutions. A Superior Court judge granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in December, 1993.…