Legal Opinion
Bergeron v. Cabral
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 9, 2009No. 08-1683PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal requires us to determine whether defendant-appellant Andrea Cabral, the duly elected Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, is entitled to qualified immunity in connection with her decision to strip several jail officers of their commissions as deputy sheriffs, allegedly in retaliation for their support of her opponent during the 2004 election cycle. The district court, after concluding that decommissioning amounts to an adverse employment action, denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The defendant…
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