BARRETT v. SALT LAKE COUNTY

Nos. 13-4084, 13-4125.

754 F.3d 864 (2014)

Michael BARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SALT LAKE COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant, and Linda Hamilton, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie M. Wilde ( David H.T. Wayment with her on the briefs), Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Russell T. Monahan of Cook & Monahan, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, O'BRIEN, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

The trouble began when Michael Barrett, a Salt Lake County employee, helped a colleague pursue a sexual harassment complaint against her boss. The complaint was entirely warranted but some in management apparently didn't like the publicity. According to Mr. Barrett, his superiors thought him a noisy troublemaker and began a campaign to have him discharged or demoted. After he was demoted Mr. Barrett brought this lawsuit, alleging that...

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