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VENTETUOLO v. BURKE

No. 78-1305.

596 F.2d 476 (1979)

Donald VENTETUOLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Fred BURKE, Commissioner of Education, State of Rhode Island and Dr. Rudolfo Martinez, Individually and as Director of Northeast Area Manpower Institute for Development of Staff, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1979.

As Amended April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Peter Doherty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., with whom Julius C. Michaelson, Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., was on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This 1983 civil rights case represents a valiant but vain attempt to establish a constitutionally protected liberty and/or property interest for a state employee who suffered a temporary suspension with pay. The case also involves a pendent state defamation claim.

Donald Ventetuolo and Alfred Santaniello, employees of the Northeast Area Manpower Institute for the Development of Staff (NEAMIDS),1 brought suit...

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