Case: Individual Employment Rights/First Amendment (E.D. Mich.)

A Michigan federal district court denied in part motions to dismiss a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by a communications coordinator who alleged that conservative school board members of the Grosse Pointe Public School System eliminated her position because of her perceived progressive political affiliation, finding that she plausibly alleged the defendants knew of her political beliefs and targeted her specifically while rejecting the administration’s budget that would have retained her position, and determining that legislative immunity and qualified immunity defenses were premature at this stage.

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