Legal Opinion
Cockrel v. Shelby County School District
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided January 28, 2000No. 98-40Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOOD, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion for abstention, or in the alternative for summary judgment [Record No. 28]. Plaintiff has failed to respond. This matter is now ripe for decision. The Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Plaintiff is a former elementary school teacher with the Shelby County school sys-tern. She alleges that upon exercising her constitutional right to free speech, the defendants retaliated against her by unlawfully terminating her employment in violation of 42…
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