Opinion ID: 75435
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Text: 1 Appellant Margaret McKinley (Appellant) appeals a final summary judgment entered in favor of Miami-Dade County (the County) on her claims that the County violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. 1 Appellant contends that she was fired from her position on a County advisory board because of a public statement she made regarding a County policy with which she disagreed. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the County, concluding that the First Amendment did not provide Appellant the right to continued government employment. 2 We review summary judgment determinations de novo, applying the same standards as the district court. Morris v. Crow, 117 F.3d 449, 455 (11th Cir. 1997). For the reasons set forth more fully below, we agree with the district court that Appellant's First Amendment rights were not violated, and we affirm the summary judgment in favor of the County.