No. 19-893
Shimon Waronker v. Hempstead Union Free School District, et al.
Tags: civil-rights corruption due-process employment-retaliation first-amendment free-speech government-corruption public-employee public-official speech-protection whistleblower
Latest Conference:
2020-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the First Amendment protects the speech by a public official that is required by law and that reports and exposes corruption.
2. Whether speech by a public official reporting misconduct to external government officials, outside the chain of command, is protected by the First Amendment, as held by the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, or whether such speech is unprotected under Garcetti v. Ceballos as held by the Second Circuit in this case and by the Sixth and District of Columbia Circuits.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the First Amendment protects the speech by a public official that is required by law and that reports and exposes corruption
Docket Entries
2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-30
Reply of petitioner Shimon Waronker filed. (Distributed)
2020-03-17
Brief of respondents Hempstead Unified School District, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-02-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 19, 2020, for all respondents.
2020-02-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2020 to March 19, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)
Attorneys
Hempstead Unified School District, et al.
Austin Reis Graff — The Scher Law Firm, LLP, Respondent
Shimon Waronker
Erwin Chemerinsky — Petitioner