MANION, Circuit Judge. A county sheriff reprimanded a deputy for complaining to a fellow officer about the possible theft of a lawn mower from the county’s property room. The district court granted the plaintiff deputy summary judgment. The issues on appeal are whether the sheriff deprived the deputy of his First Amendment rights, 42 U.S.C. § 1983</s…
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