Legal Opinion
Barbara Hager v. Arkansas Dept. of Health
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 14, 2013No. 12-3842PublishedCited by 289 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Hager was fired from the Arkansas Department of Health by her supervisor, Dr. Namvar Zohoori. Hager sued Dr. Zohoori and the Department for statutory and constitutional violations. The district court granted, in part, their motion to dismiss. They appeal. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 over Dr. Zohoori’s appeal, this court reverses and remands.
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Hager claims that in May 2011, her branch chief and supervisor, Dr. Zohoori, instructed her to cancel a doctor’s appointment (necessary, she says, to prevent cataracts) in order to discuss a report. When she…
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