Legal Opinion
Patricia Barachkov v. Linda Davis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2014No. 13-1320, 13-1399, 13-1765UnpublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
In July 2004, Linda Davis, Chief Judge of Michigan’s 41B District Court, fired Patricia Barachkov, Nancy Englar, and Carol Diehl (collectively “the Employees”). The Employees filed suit against Davis in her individual and official capacities, alleging violations of their procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the Employees and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Davis appeals the denial of her motions for judgment as a matter of law, motion for a new trial, and…
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