1st Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//May 21, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Lorenzo David v. City of Chicago, et al.

Case No.: 16-1430

Officials: KANNE, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 1^st Amendment Violation

Lorenzo Davis worked for Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority. He alleges that his supervisor fired him because he refused to change his findings in a number of investigations into police misconduct. Davis sued the City of Chicago, arguing that his firing violated his First Amendment rights. The district court dismissed Davis’s claim. We affirm because Davis’s refusal to change his reports is not protected speech.

Affirmed

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