NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM*
Pena alleges that he was terminated in retaliation for a February 2001 memo in which he reported suspected mistreatment of a Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) patient to the defendant, SDC Medical Director Judith Bjorndal. "[W]hen public employees make statements pursuant to their official duties, the employees are not speaking as citizens for First Amendment purposes, and the Constitution does...
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