CHMIELINSKI v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 07-1652.

513 F.3d 309 (2008)

Andrew CHMIELINSKI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Commissioner of Probation; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Trial Court; John J. O'Brien, Individually; Anthony R. Sicuso, Individually, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Notis for appellant.

Sarah M. Joss, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Andrew Chmielinski, the Chief Probation Officer of the Milford, Massachusetts, District Court, was fired by the Commissioner of Probation after a hearing on charges he had abused his office. That termination was upheld on administrative appeal to the Chief Justice for Administration and Management ("CJAM") of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Trial Court and then to the Trial Court's Advisory Committee on Personnel Standards.

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