Legal Opinion
Watson v. Sexton
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 15, 1991No. 89 Civ. 0225 (MBM)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Deborah Watson was dismissed from her job as a probationary New York City Department of Sanitation (“DOS”) Enforcement Agent, allegedly in part for refusing to take a drug test, and sues under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming deprivation of her right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, and deprivation of her job and reputation without due process. The alleged unreasonable search and seizure implicates a liberty interest protected by the Fourth Amendment; the deprivation of job and reputation allegedly without due process implicates a…
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