Legal Opinion
Whalen v. Massachusetts Trial Court
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 4, 2005No. 04-1976PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
In September 2002, the Springfield (Massachusetts) District Court was obliged to lay off three of its nine assistant clerks because of a budget deficit. Appellant James Whalen, who had held his position since 1989, was one of the clerks chosen for layoff. He subsequently brought a federal civil rights suit against the Massachusetts Trial Court and four individuals, claiming that his procedural due process rights had been violated because he was given no opportunity to contest his selection for layoff. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 He sought damages against the individual…
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