Legal Opinion
Maestas v. Segura
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2005No. 04-2028PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Bennie Maestas and Ray Hort are employees of the City of Albuquerque’s Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD). They sued Defendants David Segura and Dennis Pratt under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiffs alleged Defendants retaliated against them in violation of the First Amendment after Plaintiffs spoke out on waste and inefficiency within the Vehicle Maintenance Division (VMD) of SWMD. The district court granted Defendants summary judgment and Plaintiffs appealed. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the district court’s grant of summary…
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