PHILLIPS v. CITY OF DAWSONVILLE

No. 06-16031.

499 F.3d 1239 (2007)

Deborah PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DAWSONVILLE, a municipal corporation, Joe Lane Cox, Mike Sosebee, Mike Wilson, Tim Wimpey, et al., Individually and in their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc N. Garber, Alan H. Garber, The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA, for Phillips.

John A. Dickerson, L. Lee Hicks, II, McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe, LLP, Toccoa, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Deborah Phillips ("Plaintiff") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Dawsonville, its former and current mayors, and four city councilmen ("Defendants") against Plaintiff's section 1983 claim of retaliatory discharge in violation of Plaintiff's First Amendment right to free speech. No First Amendment cause of action has been presented. We affirm the judgment.

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