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RICHARDS v. CITY OF LOWELL

Civil Action No. 03-10705-RCL.

472 F.Supp.2d 51 (2007)

Dennis RICHARDS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LOWELL, Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, Greater Lowell Regional Employment Board, Inc., Henry Przydzial, Owen Michael McQuaid and John F. Cox, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cogliano, Gary M. Feldman, Davis Maim & D'Agostine P.C., Boston, MA, for Plaintiff.

Christine P. O'Connor, Kimberley A. McMahon, City of Lowell Law Department, Philip S. Nyman, Attorney at Law, Lowell, MA, Christopher J. Campbell, David J. Kerman, Jackson Lewis LLP, Robert P. Joy, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP, Mary Amanda Carlin, Pyle, Rome Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, MA, for Defendants.

ORDER

LINDSAY, District Judge.

The court grants the motions of the defendants for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff has not shown that he suffered retaliation in his employment because he engaged in constitutionally protected speech. As Magistrate Judge Dein determined, the statements at issue were not constitutionally protected because they were not made by the plaintiff merely as a citizen, speaking on matters of public concern, but were...

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