Legal Opinion
Ball v. City of Muncie
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided June 25, 2014No. 1:13-cv-00643-SEB-TABPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
SARAH EVANS BARKER, District Judge.
This cause is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, filed on September 19, 2013, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Plaintiff Ronald Ball has brought claims against Defendants, the City of Muncie and Dennis Tyler, alleging they deprived him of his First Amendment rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when he was terminated from his employment solely because of his political affiliation. Amend. Compl. ¶ 30.
Defendants claim that the Amended Complaint is defective in the following ways: (1)…
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