Legal Opinion
Baron v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 2005No. 03-2718PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Bruce Baron, a former corrections officer at the Suffolk County House of Correction, was allegedly harassed and forced to quit his job after he broke a code of silence by reporting a fellow officer’s misconduct. He sued corrections officer Daniel Hickey, the Suffolk County Sheriffs Department (“Department”), and Suffolk County Sheriff Richard Rouse for civil rights violations stemming from that harassment. The district court awarded summary judgment for Rouse on the grounds of qualified immunity but denied summary judgment for the Department. Following a…
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