COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Zook, a deputy sheriff in Champaign County, Illinois, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of Standards 2.19 and 4.4 of the Champaign County Sheriff's Department Operating Procedures Manual. Zook received a letter of reprimand for violating the regulations and subsequently filed this lawsuit claiming the regulations violate his right to freedom of speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments...
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