Legal Opinion
Karl v. City of Mountlake Terrace
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2012No. 11-35343PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOH, District Judge:
Defendant Charles “Pete” Caw (“Caw”), Assistant Chief of Police in the City of Mountlake Terrace Police Department, appeals from the denial of qualified immunity in Plaintiff Martha Karl’s (“Karl”) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging First Amendment retaliation. The district court held it was clearly established in December 2008 that a supervisor cannot retaliate against a public employee for his or her subpoenaed deposition testimony offered as a citizen in the context of a civil rights lawsuit. We affirm.
I. Background
Karl began working for the City of Mountlake…
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