The United States Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Garcetti v. Ceballos, 04-473, where the issue is whether a district attorney's allegation of corruption in a sheriff's department is protected speech entitling him to damages for retaliatory employment actions. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Richard Ceballos said he was demoted and denied a promotion for trying to expose a lie by a county sheriff's deputy in a search warrant affidavit. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ceballos' speech was constitutionally protected and the district attorney's office was not immu...
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