Scott Kocher v. Borough Larksville

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Scott E. Kocher brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Larksville Borough, Joseph Zawadski, Tony Kopko, and John Pekarovsky alleging that the defendants violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights in connection with his termination from the Larksville Borough Police Department. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and Koch-er appealed. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.

I

As this appeal comes to us following summary judgment, we review the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving…