Grantham v. Trickey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Lee L. Grantham appeals the district court’s1 order granting summary judgment to the defendants on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment wrongful discharge claim. Grantham claimed he was discharged from his job in the Missouri Sex Offender Program (“MOSOP”) in retaliation for criticizing the operation of the program. The district court held that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on Grantham’s First Amendment damages claim and denied equitable relief as being inappropriate on the facts of this case. We affirm.
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