LOONEY v. BLACK

Docket No. 11-3486.

702 F.3d 701 (2012)

Patrick LOONEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William BLACK, Riva R. Clark, and Joseph LaBella, Defendants-Appellants, Town of Marlborough, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques J. Parenteau ( Justin E. Theriault , on the brief), Madsen, Prestley & Parenteau, LLC, New London, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Rose ( Robin B. Kallor and Johanna G. Zelman , on the brief), Rose Kallor LLP, Hartford, CT, Andrew L. Houlding , Rome McGuigan, P.C., Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellants.

Judge DRONEY dissents in a separate opinion.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Patrick Looney served as the Building Official for the Town of Marlborough, Connecticut from 1994 until 2010. He now sues Marlborough as well as three members of Marlborough's Board of Selectmen, Defendants-Appellants William Black, Riva Clark, and Joseph LaBella, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was deprived of his procedural due process and free speech rights when his position was reduced from full to part time after...

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