SHOCKLEY v. SVOBODA

No. 00-1469.

342 F.3d 736 (2003)

John S. SHOCKLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaclyn M. SVOBODA, in her individual capacities, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Steagall (Argued), Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen T. Fieweger (Argued), Katz, Huntoon & Fieweger, Rock Island, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In 1994, Plaintiff John S. Shockley filed a § 1983 lawsuit against Defendant Jaclyn M. Svoboda, alleging that Svoboda violated his First Amendment rights by instituting sexual harassment claims against him following comments Shockley made to colleagues in the political science department at Western Illinois University (WIU) that Svoboda was having an affair with another professor. The district court determined that Shockley's comments were...

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