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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Leonard v. Fields
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Federal court is rarely the appropriate forum for redress “when a public employee speaks not as a citizen upon matters of public concern, but instead as an employee upon matters only of personal interest.” Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 147 , 103 S.Ct. 1684, 1690 , 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983); see Huang, 902 F.2d at 1140 ; Daniels, 801 F.2d at 690 ; Lewis v. Blackburn, 759 F.2d 1171, 1172 (4th Cir.1985) (en banc) (per curiam) (adopting view of panel dissent per Ervin, J., 734 F.2d 1000, 1008 (4th Cir.1984)), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
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See Lewis v. Blackburn, 759 F.2d 1171 (4th Cir.) (en banc) (magistrate who was not reappointed because she “protested” her workload did not state a constitutional claim), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
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See Lewis v. Blackburn, 759 F.2d 1171 (4th Cir.) (en banc) (magistrate who was not reappointed because she "protested" her workload did not state a constitutional claim), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
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See Lewis v. Blackburn, 734 F.2d 1000, 1010-12 (4th Cir.1984) (Ervin, J. dissenting), rev’d, 759 F.2d 1171 (4th Cir.1985) (en banc) (adopting dissenting opinion of Ervin, J.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
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4th Cir. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Lewis v. Blackburn, 759 F.2d 1171 (4th Cir.) (adopting dissenting opinion of Ervin, J., 734 F.2d 1000, 1008 (4th Cir.1984)), cert. denied 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
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See also Lewis v. Blackburn, 759 F.2d 1171 (4th Cir.) (adopting dissenting opinion of Ervin, J., 734 F.2d 1000, 1008 (4th Cir.1984)), cert. denied 474 U.S. 902 , 106 S.Ct. 228 , 88 L.Ed.2d 228 (1985).
Georgia J. Lewis
v.
R. Max Blackburn, and Frank W. Snepp, North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae. Georgia J. Lewis v. R. Max Blackburn, and Frank W. Snepp, North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae
83-1040.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Apr 24, 1985.
759 F.2d 1171
Published

759 F.2d 1171

Georgia J. LEWIS, Appellee,
v.
R. Max BLACKBURN, Appellant,
and
Frank W. Snepp, Defendant.
North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae.
Georgia J. LEWIS, Appellee,
v.
R. Max BLACKBURN, Defendant,
and
Frank W. Snepp, Appellant.
North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae.

Nos. 83-1040(L), 83-1041.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit.

Argued Oct. 2, 1984.
Decided April 24, 1985.

Harry H. Harkins, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Millard R. Rich, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., Jane S. Barkley, Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for appellants.

George Daly, Charlotte, N.C., for appellee.

(Daniel H. Pollitt, Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, N.C., Dean Shangler, Law Student, University of North Carolina, Jay Trehy, Law Student, University of North Carolina on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, ERVIN, CHAPMAN and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

For the reasons adequately set forth in Judge Ervin's dissent to the original panel opinion, Lewis v. Blackburn, 734 F.2d 1000, 1008-1012 (4th Cir.1984), we reverse the decision of the district court. 555 F.Supp. 713. We hold that the district court erred as a matter of law in finding that Georgia Lewis was not reappointed because she protested matters of public concern rather than matters of her immediate self-interest, within the meaning of the Supreme Court's ruling in Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 103 S.Ct. 1684, 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983).[1] Accordingly, the decision of the district court is reversed and the case is remanded for the entry of judgment in favor of the defendants.

2

Chief Judge Winter and Judge Wilkinson would affirm the district court's decision. They dissent on the grounds articulated in the original panel's majority opinion. Lewis, 734 F.2d at 1000-08.

3

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

1

The decision in Connick was not handed down until after the district court rendered its decision in this case, but the parties were invited to and did file supplemental briefs in response to that opinion