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ALLEN v. MARTIN

No. 05-2026.

460 F.3d 939 (2006)

James T. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Timothy W. MARTIN, Brian Piersma and Robert Millette, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Kerley (argued), Kerley & Associates, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Erik G. Light (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

James T. Allen was fired from his position as the Bureau Chief of Accounting and Auditing for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in April 2003; less than three months after Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, replaced George Ryan, a Republican, as Governor of the State of Illinois. Allen brought suit against the defendants, employees of the IDOT, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his First Amendment right to political...

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