Legal Opinion
Patrick Devlin v. Richard Kalm
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 12, 2015No. 14-2291UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Patrick Devlin, a state employee, filed two lawsuits — one against the Michigan Attorney General seeking to compel him to enforce liquor laws against Native American tribes and one against the state agency that employed him seeking a promotion— and spoke to a newspaper about both lawsuits. He allegedly was fired in response. Devlin then filed this § 1983 action, claiming that the State violated his First (and Fourteenth) Amendment rights by firing him in retaliation for his protected speech. Because clearly established First Amendment law protected Patrick Devlin’s speech and because it…
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