Legal Opinion
Angelo Dahlia v. Omar Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2013No. 10-55978PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PAEZ; Concurrence by Judge PREGERSON; Concurrence by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
■ In this case we address the extent to which a police officer retains First Amendment protection when- he discloses his fellow officers’ misconduct. Angelo Dahlia, a detective in the Burbank Police Department (“BPD”), brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment retaliation suit against the City of Burbank, the Chief of Police and several other police officers. The district court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the § 1983 cause of action for failure to state a claim.…
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