Thomas O. Barnes v. Harold I. Small, General

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• holding that letters must indicate harassment or attempt to “affect future proceedings”
• holding that discharging an employee for speech “address[ing] only the misbehavior of other employees . . . and not matters relating to any broader public interest” does not violate the First Amendment”
• explaining that “subjects of pressing import only to other employees in the speaker’s office” do not fall under rubric of matters of public concern
• finding that alleged assaults and false statements made with the Army’s Military Traffic Management Command were not of public concern because the allegations “addressed only the misbehavior of other employees . . . not matters relating to any broader public interest”
• letters addressing misbehavior of other employees in plaintiff's office held not to touch on matters of public concern; not enough that \statements reported perceived misconduct by government officials charged with carrying out congressionally mandated programs\

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