Legal Opinion
Richard Haverda v. Hays County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2013No. 12-51008PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIP R. MARTINEZ, District Judge.
Richard Haverda, a former employee of the Hays County Sheriffs Office, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for failure to establish a claim of First Amendment retaliation and on qualified immunity grounds. We conclude that (1) Haverda has presented sufficient evidence to raise a genuine dispute as to a material fact relating to his claim of First Amendment retaliation and (2) Defendants are not entitled to summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We, therefore, REVERSE the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Appellees…
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