HANSEN v. SOLDENWAGNER

No. 92-4846.

19 F.3d 573 (1994)

Brent K. HANSEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John SOLDENWAGNER; Raymond Malecki; John Puleo, Defendants-Appellants, City of Sunrise, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Schwartz, Gunther & Whitaker, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for defendants-appellants.

Michael R. Piper, Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke & George, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for City of Sunrise.

Arthur M. Wolff, Law Offices of Arthur M. Wolff, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves First Amendment claims brought by a police officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court denied the individual defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Brent K. Hansen is a police officer for the City of Sunrise, Florida ("City"). Hansen was subpoenaed to provide deposition testimony in the criminal prosecution of a former City police...

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