pickering-garcetti-framework

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24-887 Johnny Moats, Sheriff, Polk County, Georgia, et al. v. Stephen Jarrard Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-19 Denied first-amendment jail-ministry pickering-garcetti-framework qualified-immunity unbridled-discretion volunteer-religious-work 1. Whether the Court's Pickering-Garcetti framework applies to a First Amendment claim by an applicant for volunteer religious work in a local jail's …
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 Following a supervisor's refusal to act on a credible report of officer misconduct, does a city police detective's complaint to a county attorney, giv…