HARTWELL v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, AL

Civil Action No. 2:06cv518-MHT.

487 F.Supp.2d 1313 (2007)

Lee HARTWELL, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, Personnel Board of the City And County of Montgomery, Alabama, and District Chief Kelly D. Gordon, in his individual capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

May 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bernard Brannan, Jr., The Brannan Law Firm PC, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff.

Robert David Segall, Copeland Franco Screws & Gill, Wallace Damon Mills, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.


OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Lee Hartwell, who claims he was unlawfully demoted within the City of Montgomery Fire Department, brings this lawsuit alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech, as enforced through the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as a state-law claim challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his demotion. Hartwell's federal claim is solely against defendant...

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