Legal Opinion
Stephen L. Bartlett v. Colonel C.E. Fisher Captain S.T. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1992No. 91-2595PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Trooper Stephen L. Bartlett of the Missouri State Highway Patrol commenced this § 1983 action against two superior officers, Cól. C.E. Fisher and Capt. S.T. Davis, claiming that they violated his First Amendment and due process rights by suspending him for twenty-five days. The suspension was ostensibly for submitting false Activity Reports overstating the number of warnings issued to motorists, but Bartlett alleges that it was in fact retaliation for his letter to Missouri Governor John Ashcroft complaining that a new “minimum work standards” policy was in fact a…
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