Legal Opinion
Sabatini v. Las Vegas Metro. Police Dep't
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided March 19, 2019No. Case No.: 2:17-cv-01012-JAD-NJKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey
These two consolidated civil-rights suits primarily allege First Amendment free-speech claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and two of its supervising officers (collectively Metro or the department). Plaintiffs John Sabatini and Charles Moser are Metro officers who were disciplined for posting material on Facebook that violated the department's social-media policy. Sabatini, a now-retired corrections officer, made over two dozen posts on his public Facebook profile that demonstrated disdain for inmates and…
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