Legal Opinion
D. Sreedharan Nair v. Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority and William J. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2006No. 05-1177PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Sreedharan Nair challenges the district court’s entry of summary judgment against him in this lawsuit claiming (1) First Amendment retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and (2) a violation of Michigan’s whistleblower statute. Because Nair’s speech did not touch on a matter of public concern, we reject his First Amendment claim, and because his speech did not threaten to report a violation of law, we reject his state-law claim. And because the defendants have raised a sovereign-immunity defense to these claims as an alternative ground for affirmance, we need not…
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