Zuniga v. Yeary

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Case Number:

1:18-cv-00434

Court:

Texas Western

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Robert Pitman

  1. March 29, 2019

    Judge Entitled To Fire Staffer Over Online Posts, Texas Says

    A former executive assistant to a Texas judge who posted online that she worked for "damn Republicans" wasn't fired exclusively over her partisan snipes, the state attorney general said, contending there was nothing wrong with the judge viewing the staffer's social media activity on the whole as an unacceptable disruption.

  2. August 02, 2018

    Texas Court Claims Immunity In Suit Over Assistant's Firing

    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has asked a Texas federal court to toss a suit by a former employee alleging she was fired over her political posts on Facebook, arguing that the court has sovereign immunity and her posts were inappropriate for someone publicly associated with the court.

  3. May 24, 2018

    Texas Judge Fired Staffer Over Facebook Posts, Suit Says

    A longtime executive assistant and secretary for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sued it and Judge Kevin Yeary in federal court for allegedly violating her free speech rights by firing her over her politically tinged Facebook posts.