Legal Opinion
Davignon v. Hodgson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 2008No. 06-1191PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Five Bristol County Massachusetts correctional officers were suspended from their jobs by Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. Claiming that the sheriffs actions were in retaliation for their First Amendment activities, they sued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in addition to bringing various claims under state law. A jury found Hodgson liable in his official capacity on the § 1983 claims, found against him on some of the state law claims, and awarded a total of $17,980 in compensatory damages. In this appeal, we reject each of Hodgson’s claims of error and affirm the judgment.
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