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ATCHERSON v. SIEBENMANN

Nos. 78-1819, 79-1109.

605 F.2d 1058 (1979)

Esther ATCHERSON, Appellee, v. Honorable Judge John SIEBENMANN, Judge of the Juvenile Court, Johnson County, District Court of Iowa, Appellant. Esther ATCHERSON, Appellant, v. Honorable Judge John SIEBENMANN, Judge of the Juvenile Court, Johnson County, District Court of Iowa, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1979.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for Siebenmann; Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, on brief.

E. Eugene Davis, Des Moines, Iowa, for amicus, Iowa Judges Ass'n; Paul E. Horvath and George W. Murray, Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

Gordon E. Allen, Legal Director, Iowa Civil Liberties Union, Des Moines, Iowa, for Atcherson; Mark W. Bennett, Staff Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, District Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Esther Atcherson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976), against appellant, Honorable John Siebenmann, Judge of the Juvenile Court, Johnson County, District of Iowa alleging that Judge Siebenmann unlawfully terminated her employment as a county juvenile probation officer in derogation of her first amendment rights. A United States Magistrate tried the action and made findings...

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