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CALLAHAN v. FERMON

Nos. 05-4313, 05-4335, 06-1055, 06-1098.

526 F.3d 1040 (2008)

Michale CALLAHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven M. FERMON and Diane Carper, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Iain D. Johnston (argued), Johnston Green, Lawrence J. Weiner, Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Michale Callahan, a former lieutenant with the Illinois State Police, was transferred after making statements at a meeting about a cold case and after making official complaints about his superior officers. In bringing this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several of his superiors, he claims that he was transferred in retaliation for speech that is protected by the First Amendment. The jury...

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