Legal Opinion
Boyce v. Andrew
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2007No. 06-11967PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Per curiam
This interlocutory appeal from the denial of qualified immunity to supervisors in a county Department of Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) requires us to determine if internal complaints about caseloads are constitutionally protected public speech that shield employees from termination or transfer. The district judge determined that case managers who complained regarding their caseloads had raised a public concern encompassed by the First Amendment. We reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
DeKalb County DFCS (“DeKalb DFCS”), a component of the Georgia Department of Human Resources (“DHR”)…
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