Legal Opinion
Brent K. Hansen v. John Soldenwagner Raymond Malecki John Puleo, City of Sunrise
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1994No. 92-4846PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves First Amendment claims brought by a police officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The ¿strict court denied the individual defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Brent K. Hansen is a police officer for the City of Sunrise, Florida (“City”). Hansen was subpoenaed to provide deposition testimony in the criminal prosecution of a former City police officer, Martin Singer. Singer had been arrested for burglary. Hansen gave the deposition testimony in July 1989.
During the deposition, Hansen criticized…
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