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ATWATER v. CHESTER

No. 12-1920.

730 F.3d 58 (2013)

Thomas A. ATWATER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Mitchell D. CHESTER, as he is the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Manchester-Essex Regional School District, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Reed Witherby , with whom Garrick F. Cole and Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Amy Spector , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee Mitchell D. Chester.

Geoffrey R. Bok , with whom Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP was on brief, for appellee Manchester-Essex Regional School District.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Thomas Atwater sought review of his dismissal from his teaching position in the Manchester-Essex Regional School District ("School District"), first in Massachusetts state court and then in Massachusetts federal district court. Concluding that Atwater's claims were barred by res judicata, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees, the School District and the Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary...

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