government employee

• First Amendment
• qualified immunity
• retaliation
• freedom of speech
• public concern
• government employee
• whistleblower

Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (Mar. 22, 2004)

Court appealed From: United States District Court, Central District of California (Feb. 7, 2002) (summary judgment) -->

Oral argument: October 12, 2005