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GONZALEZ v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 00-2407.

239 F.3d 939 (2001)

Gerardo D. GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Sergeant Hanson, individually, and Lieutenant Sullivan, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert H. Victor, Sean E. Brown (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph H. Kim (argued), Office of the Corp. Counsel, App. Div., Chicago, IL, For Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Gerardo Gonzalez sued the City of Chicago, two of his supervisors, and Chicago's Chief of Police, alleging retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and retaliatory discharge under Illinois law. The district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss with respect to the § 1983 claim on the merits and declined to exercise jurisdiction over the state law claim. Gonzalez...

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