found for Ms. Meuchner. Ms. Pinkowski was not interested in working on a permanent basis.
In December 2003, Judges Appel and Shaw made the decision to reduce the staffing of Chatham's court clerks from three clerks (one full time, two part time) to two clerks (one full time, one part time). They were influenced by the fact that the amount of work at the court clerk's office had decreased significantly due to a steady decline in the number of tickets written. The Defendant Justices also decided that both clerks would need to work during the hours that the clerk's office was open. Plaintiff does not dispute the decrease in the number of tickets written or its effect on lessening the workload for clerks. Nor does she challenge the fiscalinsurance companies, parties, other courts, the office of court administration, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Probation Department, the Mental Health Department and other state and federal agencies. Ms. LeClair also agreed that the part-time court clerk needed to work during those hours the office was open to the public.
Judges Appel and Shaw decided to abolish the early morning hours Plaintiff was working, but they decided to offer her the part time position if she would agree to work during regular office hours. In making this decision, the Defendant judges were influenced by the fact that Plaintiff had been employed as a court clerk since 1987, was clearly the most experienced candidate and would not require training. On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, Judge Shaw offered the part time