Peter Turner v. City & County of San Francisco

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• finding that complaints about violations of civil service rules were not on matters of public concern because of their focus on internal grievance
• explaining that speech that deals with individual personnel disputes and grievances and that would be of no relevance to the public’s evaluation of the performance of governmental agencies is generally not of public concern
• “[C]onclusory allegations of law and unwarranted inferences are insufficient to 25 avoid a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal.”
• “If the tangible interest deprived is 25 public employment, the stigmatizing statement must occur in connection with the 26 termination of employment.”
• stating the elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim

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