Legal Opinion
Farhat v. Jopke
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2004No. 02-1896PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
The Appellant, Kenneth Farhat, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants. This action arises from the termination of Farhat from his position as a custodian for the Troy School District.
Farhat raises four issues on appeal: (1) he was discharged in retaliation for exercise of his First Amendment rights; (2) he was denied due process when the school board refused to grant a post-termination hearing in which he could deal directly with the board; (3) an order not to speak to other employees was an invalid prior restraint on…
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