Legal Opinion
Bradley v. Colonial Mental Health & Retardation Services Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1988No. Nos. 87-3093, 87-3094PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
Thomas and Brenda Bradley appeal from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of their former employer, the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board (the Board), in their 42 U.S. C. § 1983 action alleging wrongful discharge in violation of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. The Board terminated the Bradleys’ employment as mental health workers1 after concluding they had abused three female clients. The trial court ruled that the Board’s four-step grievance review procedure, which the Bradleys invoked and exhausted, satisfied…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Thomas Bradley Brenda Bradley v. Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board Marilyn Duguid, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board Harris W. Daniel, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board Fred Mitchell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Substance Abuse Program Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board, Thomas Bradley Brenda Bradley v. Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board Harris W. Daniel, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board Fred Mitchell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Substance Abuse Program Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services Board, and Marilyn Duguid, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colonial Mental Health and Retardation Services BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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