COSZALTER v. CITY OF SALEM

No. 00-36097.

320 F.3d 968 (2003)

Guido COSZALTER; Gary Jones; Steve Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SALEM, a municipal corporation; Sam Kidd, individually and in his capacity as supervisory employee for the City of Salem; Randy Pecor, individually and in his capacity as supervisory employee for the City of Salem; Mark Scheer, individually and in his capacity as supervisor for the City of Salem; Steve Coots, individually and in his capacity as an employee of the City of Salem; Rollie Baxter, individually and in his capacity as an employee of the City of Salem, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Force, Eugene, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph D. Robertson, Salem, OR, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: FERGUSON, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, current and former employees of the City of Salem, Oregon, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants violated their First Amendment rights by retaliating against them for publicly disclosing health and safety hazards. The magistrate judge, hearing the case with the permission of the parties, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment after finding that most of the alleged retaliatory acts were not...

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