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HAWKINS v. RHODE ISLAND LOTTERY COM'N

Nos. 00-1398, 00-1660.

238 F.3d 112 (2001)

John P. HAWKINS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RHODE ISLAND LOTTERY COMMISSION; Lincoln Almond, Governor; Paul S. Kelly, Senator; John B. Harwood, Representative; Donald W. Wyatt, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Christine H. Callahan, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Michael R. Debatt, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Domenic A. Disandro, III, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Frank A. Montanaro, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Edward J. Lawrence, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Robert E. Flaherty, Member, Rhode Island Lottery Commission; Robert L. Carl, In His Capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration; Rhode Island Personnel Appeals Board; Morris Weintraub, Chairperson, Personnel Appeals Board; William Pearson, Vice Chairperson, Personnel Appeals Board; and Diane Mooney, Member, Personal Appeals Board, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keven A. McKenna for appellant.

Stephen A. Izzi, with whom William P. Devereaux was on brief, for appellees Rhode Island Lottery Commission, Donald W. Wyatt, Christine H. Callahan, Michael R. Debatt, Domenic A. Disandro, III, Frank A. Montanaro, Edward J. Lawrence and Robert E. Flaherty.

Claire Richards, Deputy Executive Counsel, with whom Joseph S. Larisa Jr. was on brief, for appellees Lincoln Almond and Robert L. Carl.

John A. Tarantino, with whom Patricia K. Rocha and Joseph Avanzato were on brief, for appellee John B. Harwood.

Joseph J. McGair for appellee Paul S. Kelly.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant John P. Hawkins was terminated by the Rhode Island Lottery Commission from his position as its director after a flurry of negative publicity in which his conduct in office was criticized, primarily by the state's governor, defendant Lincoln Almond. Hawkins claims that the discharge violated a variety of state and federal laws, and he filed this lawsuit against Almond and a number of other state officials seeking a hearing, damages...

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