BORZILLERI v. MOSBY

No. 16-1751.

874 F.3d 187 (2017)

Keri L. BORZILLERI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marilyn J. MOSBY, in her official and personal capacities; State of Maryland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stacey Kamya Grigsby , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Patrick Browning Hughes , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ryan Y. Park , Washington, D.C., Nafees Syed , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Agee joined.


This case arises out of appellant Keri Borzilleri's suit alleging that appellee Marilyn Mosby fired her for supporting Mosby's political rival, thereby violating Borzilleri's First Amendment rights. The district court determined that, as an Assistant State's Attorney, Borzilleri was a policymaker exempt from the First Amendment...

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