chain-of-command

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
22-130	Lonnie Tofsrud v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al.	Ninth Circuit	2022-08-10	Denied	Response Waived	chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech officer-misconduct pickering-garcetti-framework public-employee public-employee-speech supervisor-retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection	Does a city police detective's complaint to a county attorney about officer misconduct meet the test for private speech?
21-792	Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al.	Fourth Circuit	2021-11-30	Denied		chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection	Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct has limited weight in the Pickering First Amendment balancing analysis