Legal Opinion
Senra v. Town of Smithfield
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2013No. 12-1600PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASPER, District Judge.
Appellant Paul Senra (“Senra”), a former probationary public employee of the Town of Smithfield, ’ Rhode Island (“Town”), alleges that he received insufficient procedural due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment in relation to the termination of his employment, and additionally that the Town violated art. III, § 7 of the Rhode Island Constitution, and the Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-50-3, when it fired him. The district 'court granted summary judgment on all counts against Senra. For the reasons given below, after de novo…
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