Section 3617

Citation: Section 3617
Parent Document: Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1998-12-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/73387/gonzalez-v-lee-county-housing-authority/ ↗

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. Similarly, we pretermit our review of other instances of Gonzalez’s speech because of the lack of causation evidence required under Mt. Healthy. See 429 U.S. at 287, 97 S.Ct. at 576 (stating that the employee must prove that her speech played a "substantial" part in the employer's termination decision). No evidence indicates that Moran, when firing Gonzalez, knew about Gonzalez's pre-termination conversations with the HUD official and LCHA Board members. Similarly, Gonzalez’s discussions with Puccio on October 4 obviously played no role in Gonzalez’s termination on October 2. Thus, Gonzalez’s speech in these instances cannot form the basis of a successful claim under § 1983. See Hughes v. Bedsole, 48 F.3d 1376, 1386 (4th Cir.1995) (pretermitting review of § 1983 free speech claim based on lack of causation evidence).

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