Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 8, 2003, No. 01-57096; D.C. No. CV-00-02291-CAS (Molina v. City of Oxnard)

MEMORANDUM*

1. The district court erred in concluding that Molina’s speech was not constitutionally protected. Molina’s statements were not mere “employee grievanee[s]” related to “personnel and internal affairs.” Cf. Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 151, 154, 103 S.Ct. 1684, 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983) (internal quotation marks omitted).