MINOTTI v. LENSINK

No. 86-7253, 1434—August Term, 1985.

798 F.2d 607 (1986)

Michael T. MINOTTI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian LENSINK, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane S. Scholl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Garvey, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Michael T. Minotti, Storrs, Conn., pro se, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and MALETZ, Senior Judge.


MALETZ, Senior Judge:

In August 1983, Michael T. Minotti was appointed to a position with a Connecticut facility for the mentally retarded. He brought an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, alleging that employees of the state's Department of Mental Retardation (the Department) wrongfully attempted to involve him in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and, when he refused...

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