Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Town of Hempstead
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 4, 1999No. CV 96-5352(ADS)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This action arises out of the plaintiffs 24-day suspension from employment at the Town of Hempstead Department of Sanitation as a result of having failed a random drug test, which he alleges was bungled. The plaintiff raises procedural and substantive due process claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as state law claims for negligence and malpractice, against the Town, certain Town officials, the Department of Sanitation, the Town’s Medical Review Officers, and the laboratory hired by the Town to interpret the urinalysis test. At issue…
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