ANTHOINE v. NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES CONSORTIUM

No. 08-16803.

605 F.3d 740 (2010)

Nelson H. ANTHOINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES CONSORTIUM; Lori Brown; Cindy Newton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Edward Adams, Redwood City, CA, for the appellant.

Mark Henry Van Brussel, Joel Van Parys, Seyfarth Shaw Fairweather & Geraldson, Sacramento, CA, for the appellees.

Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006), the Supreme Court held that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for statements made pursuant to their official duties. In this case we consider the application of Garcetti to plaintiff-appellant Nelson Anthoine, a low-level employee who jumped...

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