Federal Judge Finds Coach’s Constitutional Claims Are Precluded

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Washington granted, for the most part, a university and several individual defendants’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former baseball coach, who alleged the defendants violated his Constitutional rights when they did not renew his employment contract.   This was a second defeat for the coach after a Wisconsin appeals court affirmed a lower state court’s ruling for the defendants earlier this year.   Plaintiff Thomas Lechnir's a