MILLER v. CLINTON COUNTY

No. 07-2105.

544 F.3d 542 (2008)

Rita MILLER v. CLINTON COUNTY; Honorable Richard Saxton Honorable Richard N. Saxton, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: October 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Taylor Williams, Esq. (Argued), Administrative Office of PA Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Honorable Richard N. Saxton.

Joseph P. Green, Esq. (Argued), Lee, Green, & Reiter, Inc., Bellefonte, PA, for Appellee Clinton County.

Joseph F. Orso, III, Esq. (Argued), Casale & Bonner, Williamsport, PA, for Appellee Rita Miller.

Before: McKEE, ROTH, Circuit Judges, and PADOVA, District Court Judge.


OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Rita Miller, a former employee of the Clinton County Probation office, brought this civil rights action against the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Richard Saxton, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Miller's complaint asserts that Judge Saxton terminated her employment in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech, and her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process.

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