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PIGNATO v. COM. OF VA., DEQ

Civil Action No. 3:95cv461.

948 F.Supp. 532 (1996)

John Coleman PIGNATO, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, and Peter W. Schmidt, in His Capacity as Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

February 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Broome Thorsen, Thorsen, Marchant & Scher, Richmond, VA, for plaintiff.

Guy Winston Horsley, Jr., Office of Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAYNE, District Judge.

John C. Pignato, a former employee of the Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") of the Commonwealth of Virginia, instituted this action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pignato also asserted a breach of contract claim under state law.

The Commonwealth and Peter W. Schmidt, the Director of...

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