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

A Wisconsin federal district court granted the City of New Berlin’s motion to dismiss a former patrol worker’s First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983, finding that the emails he sent criticizing city policy regarding workplace safety and Covid-19 procedures were not protected speech because they were sent pursuant to his role as a public employee rather than as a private citizen, and couldn’t form the basis for a constitutional violation.

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