Raymond Smith v. County of Suffolk

Plaintiff-appellant Raymond Smith (“Smith”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment and dismissal of his First Amendment employment retaliation case. The district court held that the record failed to demonstrate a causal connection between Smith’s protected speech and the Suffolk County Police Department’s (“Department”) adverse employment actions. On appeal, Smith argues (1) that the record contains evidence connecting Smith’s protected speech to the adverse employment actions sufficient to give rise to genuine questions of material fact, and' (2) that the defendants-appellees…