Legal Opinion
Angelo Dahlia v. Omar Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2012No. 10-55978PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
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Four days after Angelo Dahlia, a detective in the City of Burbank Police Department, disclosed the alleged use of abusive interrogation tactics by his colleagues to the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, he was placed on administrative leave by Chief of Police Tim Stehr. That decision prompted Dahlia to file a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Stehr and lieutenants, sergeants, and a detective of the Burbank Police Department, alleging that his placement on administrative leave was unconstitutional retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights. The…
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