CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Terry Hart, then sheriff of Warren County, Illinois, fired Donald G. Breuer from his job as a deputy sheriff in December 1986. Breuer filed suit against Hart under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that he had been terminated because he had exercised his constitutionally protected right of free speech. The district court granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The court found that the plaintiff's speech did not involve issues...
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