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th is c a s e . T h u s , w e w ill d is p e n s e w ith a f a c tu a l s u m m a ry. A s t he di s t r i ctcour tnot ed, “the cr i t i cal ques t i on i s w hether[B ar anow s ki ’ s ] s peec h w as m ade pur s uantt o hi s dut i es as a pol i ce of fi cer . ” See B aran ow skiv. W aters , C i v. N o. 0 5 -1 3 7 9 , 2 0 0 8 W L 7 2 8 3 6 6 , * 1 9 (W .D . P a . M a r. 1 8 , 2 0 0 8 ); see al so G arcet t i v. C eba l l os, 547 U . S. 410, 421 ( 2006) ( hol di ng publ i c empl oy ees ’ s peec h i s notpr ot ect ed i f i ti s m ade “pur s uantt o t hei roffi ci al dut i es ”) . I n i t s t hor ough and w el l - r eas oned O pi ni on of M ar ch 18, 2008 and M emora ndum O pi ni on of A ugus t25, 2008, t he di s t r i ctcour texpl ai ned that 2 B ara n o w sk i’ s sp ee ch w as m ad e p u rsua n t t o h is of ficial du ti es a n d that the d ef en d an ts are th e re f o re e n title d to ju d g e m e n t a s a m a tte r o f la w . B aran ow skiv. W aters , C i v. N o. 05-3

1 3 7 9 , 2 0 0 8 W L 7 2 8 3 6 6 (W .D . P a . M a r. 1 8 , 2 0 0 8 ); B aran ow skiv. W aters , C i v. N o. 05- 1 3 7 9 , 2 0 0 8 W L 4 0 0 0 4 0 6 , * 1 6 (W .D . P a . A u g . 2 5 , 2 0 0 8 ). W e w il l aff

irm su b stan ti all yfo r th e re aso n s set fo rth in the d istri ct co u rt ’s t ho ug htful op i nions.