United States Fourth Circuit

Judgment for plaintiff in an action in which he alleged that he was terminated in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights is affirmed, where the district court did not err in declining to grant qualified immunity to the defendant-Sheriff because: 1) it was a violation of plaintiff's First Amendment rights to terminate him for his publication of documents from defendant's internal grievance proceedings; and 2) the right was clearly established.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2013
• Published 12/10/2013

Judges

• DAVIS

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel