Marable v. Nitchman

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• holding that Marable suffered adverse employment 7 action because his employer accused him of misconduct, conducted a disciplinary hearing, and 8 suspended him without pay, noting that “This is about as adverse as it gets.”
• finding that an employee “doubtless suffered adverse employment action” when his “employer accused him of misconduct, conducted a disciplinary hearing, and suspended him without pay”
• allowing a close temporal connection to establish substantial motive even though defendants claimed no knowledge of the employee’s protected speech and asserted independent reasons for disciplining the employee
• using substantially similar language to state the elements for a First Amendment claim against a public employer
• complaining about “allegedly corrupt 9 overpayment schemes” not part of job duties for Washington State Ferry engineer
• allowing a close temporal connection to establish substantial motive even though defendants claimed no knowledge of the ELLINS V . CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 25 employee’s protected speech and asserted independent reasons for disciplining the employee

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