BURNEY v. CITY OF PAWTUCKET

Civ. A. No. 82-0817 S.

563 F.Supp. 1088 (1983)

Gail BURNEY, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy, Raymond J. Shannon, Glenford Shibley, and William Tocco, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

April 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roney & Labinger by Lynette Labinger, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Spencer Viner, Jr., City Sol., Pawtucket, R.I., for City of Pawtucket.

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Donald G. Elbert, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for remaining defendants.


OPINION

SELYA, District Judge.

This is the second federal court installment in the serialized account of Gail Burney's efforts to become a uniformed police officer. Her action for declaratory and injunctive relief and for damages was commenced on December 29, 1982. The first five counts of the amended complaint alleged that defendants, the City of Pawtucket ("Pawtucket"), the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy ("Academy"), and three officials of the Academy...

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