United States Tenth Circuit
Deschenie v. Bd. of Educ. of Cent. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 22, 05-2270
In a former employee's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a board of education and additional individuals alleging defendants took adverse employment actions against her in retaliation for engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where allegedly protected instances of plaintiff's speech involving bilingual education were not causally related to the adverse employment actions taken by the school board.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/23/2007
- Published 01/23/2007
Judges
- MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, BRORBY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Earl Mettler, Mettler & Lecuyer, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Daniel J. Macke (Kevin M. Brown with him on the brief), Brown & German, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellees.