David McClure v. James Ports

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

David McClure and the public-sector union he represents, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1300 ("Local 1300"), brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action asserting First and Fourteenth Amendment claims. They seek to reinstate privileges that granted them special access to restricted Maryland Transit Administration ("MTA") property. They claim that Maryland Department of Transportation officials unconstitutionally limited those privileges in retaliation for McClure's criticism of the MTA. McClure separately contends that the officials violated his constitutional…