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MITCHELL v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

No. 05-12207.

468 F.3d 1276 (2006)

Gary MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke Charles Lirot, Luke Lirot, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Mitchell.

Robert Eric Brazel, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Gary Mitchell, a former part-time employee of Hillsborough County ("the County"), appeals the district court's entry of judgment in favor of the County after a bench trial on his First Amendment retaliation claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We are asked to decide whether distasteful comments made by Mitchell before the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ("BOCC") touched...

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