DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
In this case we review the district court's summary judgment dismissing an action by a former sheriff's deputy under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for damages resulting from the sheriff's wrongful termination of his employment in violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. The deputy, Eugene Victor, an African-American, was discharged by the sheriff for statements Victor made at a workplace meeting to which the sheriff had summoned a group...
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