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WEICHERDING v. RIEGEL

No. 97-3991.

160 F.3d 1139 (1998)

Wallace WEICHERDING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David RIEGEL, Kenneth P. Dobucki and Howard A. Peters, III, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Otto (argued), Zimmerly, Gadau, Selin & Otto, Champaign, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marcia L. McCormick (argued), Office of Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, MANION and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

While a sergeant at an Illinois state prison, Wallace Weicherding promoted and held a Ku Klux Klan rally. The prison terminated him for conduct unbecoming an officer. Weicherding then sued the prison's warden and others, claiming that his First Amendment rights were violated. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants. We affirm.

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