MASS. ASS'N OF AFRO-AMERICAN POLICE v. BPD

No. 92-1120.

973 F.2d 19 (1992)

MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN POLICE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. The BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, Intervenor, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Lamond with whom Alan J. McDonald and McDonald, Noonan and Lamond, Newton, Mass., were on brief for intervenor-appellant, Boston Police Superior Officers Federation.

Jonathan M. Albano with whom Marianne Meacham, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Alan J. Rom, and Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Boston, Mass., were on brief for plaintiff, appellee, Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers.

William W. Porter, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief for plaintiff, appellee, Personnel Adm'r of the Massachusetts, Dept. of Personnel Adm'n.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and PIERAS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The appeal in this racial discrimination case involving the employment and promotion of police officers in the Boston Police Department (BPD) must be dismissed because, to the extent the appellant, Boston Police Superior Officers Federation (Federation), has standing, the challenge to the district court's amendment to a prior consent decree is not ripe for judicial review at this time.

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