McGunigle v. City of Quincy, No. 15-2224 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff - a former police officer with the City of Quincy, Massachusetts - brought this action against the City, its chief of police, and a police captain, (collectively, Appellees), alleging, among other claims, that Appellees retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights by making statements to various news organizations regarding a dog ordinance issue. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) Plaintiff failed to proffer sufficient facts to survive a motion for summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim; (2) Plaintiff’s Massachusetts Civil Rights Act claim also failed at the summary judgment stage; and (3) Plaintiff’s defamation claim was properly subjected to summary judgment.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on September 7, 2016.
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