JENEVEIN v. WILLING

No. 06-50368.

493 F.3d 551 (2007)

Robert JENEVEIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Seana WILLING, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark M. Donheiser (argued), Randal Gilbert Mathis, Mathis & Donheiser, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Philip Andrew Lionberger, Deputy Solicitor General (argued), Robert F. Johnson, III, General Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A state court judge in Texas filed suit against the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He argues that the Commission, in issuing an order of public censure, violated his First Amendment right of free speech. The district court upheld the censure, granting summary judgment in favor of the Commission. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

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