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GATTIS v. BRICE

No. 95-4117.

136 F.3d 724 (1998)

Gary GATTIS, Plaintiff-Appellant,. v. Herman BRICE, individually and in his official capacity as Fire Chief of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Palm Beach County, Florida, a local governmental agency, Michael Iacona, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Chief of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Larry Koester, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Chief of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Robert Weisman, in his official capacity as County Administrator for Palm Beach County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Berkowitz, Ft. Lauderdale, Joseph E. Altschul, Altschul & Landry, Weston, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Joseph Hurtgen, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, P.A., Miami, FL, James G. Brown, Richeson & Brown, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and RONEY and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, an employee of the Palm Beach County Fire Department, appellant Gary Gattis, claims that he was demoted within the department because he exercised his First Amendment right of free speech. Gattis expressed his views on two issues: one concerned the department's proposed alterations to the county's fire code; the other concerned the department's equipment procurement policies. Gattis has sued the county, the county administrator...

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