United States Eleventh Circuit

A police officer did not establish a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, because he was put on administrative leave for a valid reason which had nothing to do with any speech protected by the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/05/2002
• Published 09/06/2002

Judges

• DOWD, District Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DOWD , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jacob Addington Rose,Rose Law Firm, West Palm Beach, FL, Sylvia H. Walbolt, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Saint Petersburg, FL, James R. Wiley, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Karen Coolman Amlong, William Robert Amlong, Amlong & Amlong, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.