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CUTLER v. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 13-40685.

767 F.3d 462 (2014)

Christian CUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellee v. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY; Baker Pattillo, President of Stephen F. Austin University; Richard Berry, Vice President of Stephen F. Austin; A.C. Himes, Dean of Fine Arts at Stephen F. Austin University; Scott Robinson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Borne Garrigan (argued), Stuckey, Garrigan & Castetter Law Offices, Nacogdoches, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Carlton Todd (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Drew L. Harris , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee Christian Cutler ("Cutler") sued Defendants-Appellants ("Defendants"), university officials at Stephen F. Austin State University (the "University"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging he was fired in retaliation for the exercise of protected speech in violation of the First Amendment. Specifically, Cutler alleges he was fired from his position as Director of the University's art galleries after he told a member...

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