MORRIS v. CROW

No. 97-2764.

142 F.3d 1379 (1998)

David D. MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence W. CROW, Jr., individually and as Sheriff of Polk County, Florida; Jack Waldron, individually and in his official capacity as Major of the Polk County Sheriff's Office; Paul F. Alley, individually and in his official capacity as Colonel of the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Christopher Rodems, William J. Cook, Alpert, Barker & Calcutt, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Trohn, Judith Flanders, Christine C. Daly, Lane, Trohn, Bertrand & Vreeland, P.A., Lakeland, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COX and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff in this section 1983 action appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff and two other sheriff's office officials, on his claim that he was terminated in retaliation for unfavorable statements he made in an accident report and related deposition. The trial court held that this activity did not constitute "speech related to a matter of public...

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