Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 69 of Canadian Cnty. Okla.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2018No. 17-6110PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
*1179We are presented in this appeal with the following question: is a letter written by a public employee, seeking a reduced sentence for his relative, speech on a matter of public concern for the purposes of a First Amendment Garcetti/ Pickering inquiry. See Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006) ; Pickering v. Bd. of Educ., 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968). We conclude that it is. Accordingly we reverse the district court's grant of summary judgement favoring Independent School District No. 69 of Canadian County…
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