Legal Opinion
Gerhard Witte v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2006No. 04-3962PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
For more than five years, Dr. Gerhard Witte worked for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) as a physician in the Health Services Unit (HSU) at the Racine Correctional Institution. Over that period of time, he was disciplined on several occasions, and at one point was fired, although he was reinstated after an arbitrator reviewed that decision. In August 2003, after yet another incident, Witte took a medical leave of absence that is still ongoing. Claiming constructive discharge, as well as retaliation for his exercise of his First Amendment rights, he filed this…
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