Houskins v. Sheahan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a social worker’s police report stating that a correctional officer had hit her did not address a matter of public concern because the report was “nothing more than [a] personal grievance against [the officer] in order to have him arrested for striking her”
• noting that where plaintiff fails to establish deprivation of a constitutional right, Monell claims also fail
• noting that where plaintiff fails to establish deprivation of a constitutional right, Monell claims also fail
• noting that when a person is acting as a private citizen, “[s]peech that serves a private or personal interest, as opposed to a public one, does not satisfy the standards for First Amendment protections”
• affirming decision not to bifurcate in part because district court gave curative instructions at trial
• affirming decision not to bifurcate in part because district court gave curative instructions at trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).