WATTS v. ALFRED

Civ. A. No. 92-1306 (TPJ).

794 F.Supp. 431 (1992)

Larry A. WATTS, Plaintiff, v. Rayfield ALFRED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee J. Levine, David L. Perry, Laura B. Farmelo, Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, D.C. (Arthur B. Spitzer, Elizabeth Symonds, ACLU, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Benjamin Jay Blustein, Office of Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

This case presents an issue as to the freedom of speech of a public employee. Plaintiff, a District of Columbia firefighter, claims to have been punitively reassigned for having criticized a departmental order he regarded as a violation of the First Amendment.

The case is presently before the Court upon plaintiff's application for a preliminary injunction ordering his reinstatement pendente lite

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