Scheffler v. Molin, et al., No. 13-1008 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against the city building inspector under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging violations of his First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant and the city, dismissing plaintiff's suit with prejudice. The court affirmed, concluding that, while the inspector was acting inappropriately, he did not violate plaintiff's First Amendment rights where the potential chilling effect of the inspector's instruction to a city employee to call the police when plaintiff wanted to file a grievance against the inspector was mitigated by the fact that the other city employees present did not echo the inspector's attitude.
Court Description: Civil case - civil rights. City employee's conduct did not violate plaintiff's First Amendment rights.
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