Legal Opinion
Ricciuti v. Gyzenis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 24, 2016No. Docket No. 12-432-cvPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
According to Rebecca Ricciuti, something was amiss at the Madison Police Department. Supervisors were assigning themselves unnecessary overtime to “pad their pensions,” all while the department was in dire need of new equipment that it could not afford. After Ricciuti spoke to local leaders about what she saw as a “scam,” the police chief ordered an internal affairs investigation of her. Two months later, she was fired.
Ricciuti sued the Town of Madison, its acting chief of police, and members of its police commission, alleging that she was fired for exercising her First…
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