JOHNSON-KUREK v. ABU-ABSI

No. 04-4502.

423 F.3d 590 (2005)

Rosemary JOHNSON-KUREK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samir ABU-ABSI; Thomas Barden; and Carol Nelson-Burns, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas A. Sobecki, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant. Anastasia Kay Hanson, Spengler Nathanson, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Thomas A. Sobecki, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant. Anastasia Kay Hanson, Theodore M. Rowen, Spengler Nathanson, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; SUTTON, Circuit Judge; and RICE, District Judge.


OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Rosemary Johnson-Kurek appeals the district court's dismissal of her claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Samir Abu-Absi, Thomas Barden, and Carol Nelson-Burns, tenured faculty members of the University of Toledo. Johnson-Kurek, then a part-time lecturer in the Department of English and the Department of Theater and Film at the University of Toledo, alleged that her First Amendment rights to free speech and academic freedom...

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