ABDUR-RAHMAN v. WALKER

No. 08-12345.

567 F.3d 1278 (2009)

Daisy ABDUR-RAHMAN, Ryan Petty, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John WALKER, Chester Gudewicz, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Nathan Marx, Jean Simonoff Marx, Marx & Marx, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Randy C. Gepp, Hollowell, Foster & Gepp, P.C., Atlanta, GA, Mary J. Huber, Law Office of Mary J. Huber, Decatur, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BARKETT, PRYOR and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether reports by compliance inspectors of a water and sewer department that "owe[ their] existence" to investigative duties assigned to the inspectors are protected by the First Amendment from managerial discipline. Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 421, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 1960, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006). Daisy Abdur-Rahman and Ryan Petty, inspectors formerly employed by the...

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