Brian Sheppard v. Leon Beerman, as an Individual and in His Official Capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

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• stating that “the employer’s actual (subjective) motive is not irrelevant in a qualified immunity inquiry” on a First Amendment retaliation claim
• stating that qualified immunity is unavailable where a plaintiff shows “particularized evidence of direct or circumstantial facts supporting his claim of unconstitutional motive”
• stating that “the employer’s actual (subjective) motive is not irrelevant in a qualified immunity inquiry” on a First Amendment retaliation claim
• reiterating that First Amendment permits adverse employment action only when the protected speech disrupts workplace
• requiring plaintiff to present “particularized evidence of direct or circumstantial facts . . . supporting the claim of an improper motive in order to avoid summary judgment”
• “[T]he employer’s actual (subjective) motive is not irrelevant in a qualified immunity inquiry” on a First Amendment retaliation claim.

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