Cavanaugh v. McBride

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

From January 1999 to March 2010, Nicholas Cavanaugh was employed by the County of Otsego as a Sheriffs Deputy. At all relevant times, James McBride was the Sheriff of Otsego County, and Matthew Nowieki served as Undersheriff. Cava-naugh alleges that McBride and Nowieki— and through them, Otsego County — retaliated against him for protected First Amendment- speech. Because Cava-naugh’s speech did not address a matter of public concern, however, his claims are without merit, and the Defendants’…