Where a plaintiff failed to provide specific examples of speech which brought retaliatory action, the court could not determine whether the speech was a matter of public concern. As a result, summary judgment for defendant was appropriate.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Henry Mills, Central District of Illinois.
Donald Olendzki was a psychologist at an Illinois state prison, starting work in 1989 at the Jacksonville Correctional Center. During his employment, …