Legal Opinion
Michael T. Minotti v. Brian Lensink, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 19, 1986No. 86-7253; 1434PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MALETZ, Senior Judge:
In August 1983, Michael T. Minotti was appointed to a position with a Connecticut facility for the mentally retarded. He brought an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, alleging that employees of the state’s Department of Mental Retardation (the Department) wrongfully attempted to involve him in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and, when he refused to cooperate, conspired to terminate his employment. The sole defendant, Amy Wheaton, who was sued in her official capacity as Acting…
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