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NIXON v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 07-20162.

511 F.3d 494 (2007)

Thomas P. NIXON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; Harold Hurtt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Tyler Hoffman (argued), Houston, Police Officers Union, Houston, TX, for Nixon.

David M. Feldman (argued), Clay Thomas Grover, Feldman & Rogers, Robert Wayne Cowan, Bailey Perrin Bailey, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

On January 27, 2006, Thomas Nixon, a patrol officer with the Houston, Texas Police Department ("HPD"), filed a § 1983 suit against the City of Houston and Chief of Police Harold Hurtt ("Appellees") for employment retaliation in violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. Specifically, Nixon claims that his fifteen-day temporary suspension and his later indefinite suspension ("termination...

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