CORN v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 19-60247.

954 F.3d 268 (2020)

Penny Nichols CORN; Twyla Jennings, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; Albert Santa Cruz, Individually and in his official capacity as former Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; Marshall Fisher, In his official capacity as Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Lee Horn , Shirley Elizabeth Payne, Horn & Payne, P.L.L.C. P.O., Madison, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellant.

Thomas Eugene Whitfield, Jr., Esq. , Attorney, Whitfield Law Group, P.L.L.C., Flowood, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


This is a First Amendment retaliation action stemming from the termination of two state employees for allegedly reporting an internal investigation into patrol officers' issuing non-existent traffic violations. Plaintiffs Penny Nichols Corn (Corn) and Twyla Jennings (Jennings...

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