Legal Opinion

Greisen v. Hanken

District Court, D. Oregon

Decided May 12, 2017No. Case No. 3:14-cv-1399-SIPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

Michael H. Simon, United States District Judge

Plaintiff, Doug Greisen (“Greisen”), is the former Chief of Police of Scappoose, Oregon. Greisen brought this lawsuit against Defendant Jon Hanken (“Hank-en”), the former City Manager for the City of Scappoose, and others. Before trial, the Court dismissed all defendants other than Hanken. From July 19, 2016 through July 21, 2016, this action was tried before a jury on Greisen’s claim that Hanken violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by retaliating against Greisen based on Greisen’s exercise of speech *1046protected under the First Amendment. The…

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