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TWIST v. MEESE

No. 87-5371.

854 F.2d 1421 (1988)

Charles Russell TWIST, Appellant, v. Edwin MEESE, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Scott, with whom Irving Kator and David H. Shapiro, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Paulsen, with whom John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Brook Hedge, Mary E. Goetten and Robin Ball, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Michael Jay Singer, Washington, D.C., also filed an appearance on behalf of the appellee.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and FRIEDMAN,* Circuit Judges for the Federal Circuit and GARTH, U.S. Senior Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.

Opinion for the court filed by Senior Circuit Judge GARTH.

GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff/appellant Charles Russell Twist commenced this action against defendant/appellee Edwin Meese, Attorney General of the United States, alleging that his discharge by the Department of Justice was in violation of his first and fifth amendment rights. The district court dismissed Twist's fifth amendment claim on April 2, 1987, 661 F.Supp. 231

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