NATIONAL ASS'N OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES v. MULLIGAN

Civil No. 11-11123-NMG.

914 F.Supp.2d 10 (2012)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, Plaintiff, v. Hon. Robert MULLIGAN, O'Brien, Bernard Dow, Wall, Ronald Corbett, John Frances Jr., William Burke, Elizabeth Tavares and Patricia Walsh, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean E. Zeiler , Richard L. Barry, Jr. , National Association of Government Employees, Quincy, MA, Raphael Rajendra , Robert Alexander , W. Gary Kohlman , Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Stephen Wald , Craig & MacAuley, P.C., Boston, MA, Paul K. Flavin , Colucci, Colucci, Marcus & Flavin, P.C., Milton, MA, Cynthia B. Hartman , Gordon, Mond & Ott, PC, Michael F. Hanley , Quincy, MA, John A. Amabile , Erica D. Jacobsen , Amabile & Burkly, P.C., Brockton, MA, Jeffrey P. Allen , Donald J. Gentile , Lawson & Weitzen, Bruce A. Singal , Callan G. Stein , Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Boston, MA, for Defendant.

Francis Wall, Walpole, MA, pro se.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

The Complaint alleges that the Massachusetts Office of the Commissioner of Probation ("the Probation Department"), at the insistence of then-Commissioner John O'Brien and with the active assistance of other senior officials, systematically based employment decisions on political affiliation in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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