Legal Opinion
Sims v. Metropolitan Dade County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 1992No. 91-5932PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Willie Sims filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that he was unlawfully suspended from government employment for exercising his First Amendment rights. He sued his employer, Metropolitan Dade County, and three supervisory employees of Dade County, Joaquin Avino, Ari Sosa, and Lloyd Major, in their individual and official capacities. Avino, Sosa, and Major, exclusively in their individual capacities, moved for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The district court denied the motion without prejudice to the Defendants’ right to reassert…
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