Berry
Berry v. Dept of Social Services
Opinion
Opinion
Callahan COUNSEL, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DANIEL M. BERRY,
Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 04-15566 v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, D.C. No.
CV-02-00942-LKK
Tehama County; BILL SNELSON,
OPINION
Director, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 18, 2005—San Francisco, California
Filed May 1, 2006
Before: Jerome Farris, A. Wallace Tashima, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Callahan COUNSEL
Anthony J. Poidmore, Roseville, California, and Brad Dacus and James Griffiths, Pacific Justice Institute, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
J. Scott Smith and Laurence L. Angelo, Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff, Sacramento, California, for the defendants-appellees.
OPINION
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Daniel M. Berry filed this lawsuit alleging that his public employer, the Tehama County Department of Social Services (“Department”), was violating his rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Title…