Plunkett v. State

OPINION

The plaintiff, Edward J. Plunkett, has appealed a Superior Court judgment denying his request for injunctive relief, after the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court declined to reappoint him as executive director of the Statewide Judicial Information System (SJIS). 1 The plaintiff has raised two issues on appeal; first, whether the SJIS executive director is an assistant to the court administrator and serves at the pleasure of the Chief Justice, pursuant to G.L.1956 § 8-15-4; and second, if the executive director is found to be such an assistant, whether G.L.1956 § 36-4-59…