BERGERON v. CABRAL

No. 08-1683.

560 F.3d 1 (2009)

David BERGERON et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Sheriff Andrea CABRAL, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Caulo, Deputy General Counsel, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, for appellant.

Stephen C. Pfaff, with whom Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP was on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and SILER, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This interlocutory appeal requires us to determine whether defendant-appellant Andrea Cabral, the duly elected Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, is entitled to qualified immunity in connection with her decision to strip several jail officers of their commissions as deputy sheriffs, allegedly in retaliation for their support of her opponent during the 2004 election cycle. The district court, after concluding that decommissioning amounts...

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