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

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