Seals v. Aistrup

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA EASTERN DIVISION ALAN SEALS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 3:19-cv-468-RAH ) [WO] STEVEN LEATH, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This is a First Amendment retaliation case. Dr. Alan Seals, a tenured economics professor at Auburn University, alleges that university officials engaged in a campaign of retaliatory conduct toward him because he engaged in speech that was critical of university leadership and practices in putting athletics over academics. After being removed from a program post position…