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HUNT v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. 10-55163.

672 F.3d 606 (2012)

William J. HUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE; Michael S. Corona, Sheriff-Coroner for the County of Orange, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Silver and Richard A. Levine, Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler, & Levine, for plaintiff-appellant William J. Hunt.

Norman J. Watkins and S. Frank Harrell, Lynberg & Watkins, for defendants-appellees County of Orange and Michael S. Carona.

Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge LEAVY.

OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

The day after his scandal-ridden third election to the position of Orange County Sheriff-Coroner, Michael Carona placed on administrative leave William Hunt, a former lieutenant officer with the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD), who had dared to enter the race and campaign against Carona's alleged culture of corruption. Carona then demoted Hunt, an action that prompted Hunt to file this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit...

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