Legal Opinion
Lorenzo Davis v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 2018No. 16-1430PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kanne, Circuit Judge.
*844Lorenzo Davis worked for Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority. He alleges that his supervisor fired him because he refused to change his findings in a number of investigations into police misconduct. Davis sued the City of Chicago, arguing that his firing violated his First Amendment rights. The district court dismissed Davis's claim. We affirm because Davis's refusal to change his reports is not protected speech.
I. BACKGROUND
Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority ("IPRA") investigated1 certain types of complaints against Chicago police, including domestic…
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