GIBSON v. KILPATRICK

No. 15-60583.

838 F.3d 476 (2016)

Anthony GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey KILPATRICK, in His Individual Capacity; City of Drew, Mississippi, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Waide, III, Esq. , Waide & Associates, P.A., Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gary Erwin Friedman, Esq. , Gregory Todd Butler, Esq. , Jason Thomas Marsh, Esq. , Phelps Dunbar , L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


In this First Amendment retaliation case against the City of Drew, Mississippi, its former chief of police, Anthony Gibson, alleges that he was fired for suing the mayor, Jeffrey Kilpatrick, for retaliation. We affirm a summary judgment, concluding that although Gibson spoke as a citizen, his suit against Kilpatrick...

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