Richard H. Hatch, Jr. v. Department for Children, Youth and Their Families (State of Rhode Island), Steven Brown and Mary McKee Proposed

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 2001-12-17

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. This case comes before us following the district court’s entry of summary judgment adverse to plaintiff-appellant Richard H. Hatch, Jr., and the court’s concomitant refusal to grant leave to amend. On appeal, Hatch challenges only the latter ruling. Concluding, as we do, that amendment would be futile because the qualified immunity of the prospective defendan…

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