Legal Opinion
Merrifield v. COUNTY COM'RS FOR COUNTY OF SANTA FE
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2011No. 10-2175, 10-2179PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Contending that he was improperly terminated, Billy Merrifield, a former Youth Services Administrator of Santa Fe County’s Youth Development Program at the County’s youth correctional facility, sued the County Board of Commissioners and several County officials (collectively, Defendants) in federal court. He brought civil-rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that he had been denied procedural due process with respect to the County’s pretermination hearing and that he had been fired in retaliation for retaining an attorney, in violation of his First Amendment…
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