Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit September 18, 1987, No. 1297, Docket 87-7255 (Hawkins v. Steingut)

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity in a § 1983 action alleging that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board failed to reappoint Horatio Hawkins as a referee because he was a Republican. The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Cholakis, J.