Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Coffman
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 27, 2000No. LR-C-98-716Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SACHS, District Judge.
After discovery, defendants seek summary judgment in this case brought by plaintiff Harrison, challenging her termination as an administrative law judge (ALJ) in the Arkansas workers’ compensation system. First Amendment violations are asserted; that is, content-based interference with her expressive exercise of judicial independence. I have previously denied defendants’ motion to dismiss. Harrison v. Coffman, 35 F.Supp.2d 722 (E.D.Ark.1999).
Defendants offer two theories in support of their current motion: (1) as a state employee plaintiff cannot…
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