Legal Opinion

Thayer v. City of Holton

District Court, D. Kansas

Decided August 29, 2007No. 06-4028-RDRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD D. ROGERS, District Judge.

Plaintiff alleges that he was terminated from his position as a dispatcher in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and because of his age. Plaintiff brings this action against: the City of Holton; David Lanning, the Chief of Police of the City of Holton; and Brad Mears, the City Manager of the City of Holton. Plaintiff alleges a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 28 U.S.C. § 621.

UNCONTROVERTED FACTS

Plaintiff was born in 1960. He began working for the…

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