Legal Opinion
Sher v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 29, 2007No. 06-1537PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to examine the implications of the immunity that a government employee receives under Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493, 87 S.Ct. 616, 17 L.Ed.2d 562 (1967), when threatened with an adverse employment action for refusing to answer questions in an administrative investigation by his employer. Statements made in response to such a threat, and the fruits of such statements, may not be used against the employee in subsequent criminal proceedings. That much is clear. The question we consider is whether the circumstances present in this case justified a…
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