Daniel J. Ciambriello v. County of Nassau, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Russell Rinchiuso, Richard Cotugno and Ron Roeill

I agree with the majority’s resolution of this appeal with respect to the plaintiff Daniel Ciambriello’s conspiracy claim and his claims against the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., and therefore join Parts II and III of the majority opinion. I respectfully dissent, however, from the majority’s conclusion that Ciambriello has a property interest in his employment protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The majority’s view that the plaintiff has such a property interest rests on § 10-5 of the collective bargaining agreement covering Ciambriello’s employment…