SMITH v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Docket No. 13-1230-cv.

776 F.3d 114 (2015)

Raymond SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Richard Dormer, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Suffolk County Police Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Morelli , Law Office of Stephen A. Morelli, P.C., Garden City, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant Raymond Smith.

Rudolph M. Baptiste , Assistant County Attorney, for Dennis M. Brown , Suffolk County Attorney, County of Suffolk, Hauppague, NY, for Defendants-Appellees County of Suffolk, Richard Dormer, individually and in his capacity as Suffolk County Police Commissioner.

Before (On Submission) HALL, LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges, and BRODIE, District Judge.


Plaintiff-appellant Raymond Smith ("Smith") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment and dismissal of his First Amendment employment retaliation case. The district court held that the record failed to demonstrate a causal connection between Smith's protected speech and the Suffolk County Police Department's ("Department") adverse...

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