Legal Opinion
William Hunt v. County of Orange
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 13, 2012No. 10-55163PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge LEAVY.
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
The day after his scandal-ridden third election to the position of Orange County Sheriff-Coroner, Michael Carona placed on administrative leave William Hunt, a former lieutenant officer with the Orange County Sheriffs Department (OCSD), who had dared to enter the race and campaign against Carona’s alleged culture of corruption. Carona then demoted Hunt, an action that prompted Hunt to file this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit claiming that his placement on administrative leave and subsequent…
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