United States Seventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that state university officials had retaliated against plaintiff for exercising his First Amendment rights when he complained about the university's use of grant funds, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiff's complaints were made in his capacity as an employee and were therefore not protected by the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/29/2008
• Decided 09/04/2008
• Published 09/04/2008

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan C. Olson (argued), Olson & Associates, New Berlin, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nadim Sahar (argued), J.B. Van Hollen, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.