Lumpkin v. Aransas County

ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

NELVA GONZALES RAMOS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Plaintiffs, Gwynn Lumpkin and Leslie Krenek filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Aransas County, Texas (the County), claiming that they were discharged from the County’s employment as paralegals in retaliation for their exercise of their First Amendment right to free speech. D.E. 1. Before the Court is the County’s Motion for Summary Judgment (D.E. 22). Plaintiffs filed their Response (D.E. 23) and Defendants filed a Reply (D.E. 24). On July 5, 2016, the Court heard arguments on the motion…