Anzaldua v. Northeast Ambulance & Fire Protection District

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Stevon Anzaldua worked for the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (“Fire District”) as a full-time paramedic and firefighter. After the Fire District suspended Anzaldua for purportedly failing to respond to a directive issued by Chief Kenneth Farwell, Anzaldua emailed a newspaper reporter expressing concerns about the Fire District and about Chief Farwell in particular. The email “shocked” and “angered” many of Anzaldua’s co-workers. Two battalion chiefs noted it “fostered division between Anzaldua and his co-workers, and between the District firefighters…