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HEFFERNAN v. CITY OF PATERSON

Civ. No. 06-3882 (KM).

2 F.Supp.3d 563 (2014)

Jeffrey HEFFERNAN, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PATERSON, Mayor Jose Torres, Police Chief James Wittig, and Police Director Michael Walker, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

March 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexandra Margaret Antoniou , Emily Kaplan Murbarger , Ryan Marc Lockman , Mark B. Frost & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, Gregg L. Zeff , Law Firm of Gregg L. Zeff, Mt. Laurel, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Albert C. Lisbona , Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, Esqs., Fairfield, NJ, Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC, Joseph M. Morris , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Newark, NJ, Mitzy Galis-Menendez , Roosevelt Jean , Chasan, Leyner, & Lamparello, PC, Secaucus, NJ, Thomas P. Scrivo , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Morristown, NJ, Alberto Rivas, for Defendants.

OPINION

McNULTY, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Jeffrey Heffernan, a veteran police officer in the City of Paterson, was demoted following a report that he had picked up a lawn sign from a campaign worker for a mayoral candidate. Heffernan has made a number of claims, but the one that best fits the evidence is that the Defendants,1 his employers, believed Heffernan had engaged in political speech or campaigning, when in fact...

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