No. 20-1623
David Paul Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tennessee
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-rule public-employee retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a rational juror could find that the
Petitioner, a police officer, had a First Amendment
right to speak to a local prosecutor about corruption
in his police department
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a police officer has a First Amendment right to speak to a prosecutor about corruption in their department
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-14
Reply of petitioner David Bohler filed. (Distributed)
2021-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-19
Brief of respondent City of Fairview, Tennessee in opposition filed.
2021-06-17
Waiver of right of respondents Shane Dunning and Joseph Cox to respond filed.
2021-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)
Attorneys
City of Fairview, Tennessee
Cassandra Marie Crane — Farrar and Bates, LLP, Respondent
David Bohler
Paul Andrew Justice III — The Justice Law Office, Petitioner
Shane Dunning and Joseph Cox
Daniel Lynch Nolan Jr. — Batson, Nolan, et al., Respondent