No. 20-1623

David Paul Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tennessee

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-rule public-employee retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a police officer has a First Amendment right to speak to a prosecutor about corruption in their department

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether a rational juror could find that the Petitioner, a police officer, had a First Amendment right to speak to a local prosecutor about corruption in his police department 1

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-14
Reply of petitioner David Bohler filed. (Distributed)
2021-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-19
Brief of respondent City of Fairview, Tennessee in opposition filed.
2021-06-17
Waiver of right of respondents Shane Dunning and Joseph Cox to respond filed.
2021-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)

Attorneys

City of Fairview, Tennessee
Cassandra Marie CraneFarrar and Bates, LLP, Respondent
Cassandra Marie CraneFarrar and Bates, LLP, Respondent
David Bohler
Paul Andrew Justice IIIThe Justice Law Office, Petitioner
Paul Andrew Justice IIIThe Justice Law Office, Petitioner
Shane Dunning and Joseph Cox
Daniel Lynch Nolan Jr.Batson, Nolan, et al., Respondent
Daniel Lynch Nolan Jr.Batson, Nolan, et al., Respondent