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063995P.pdf   01/14/2008  Russell J. Morris  v.  City of Chillicothe
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3995
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - St. Joseph   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Bowman, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. Defendants articulated legitimate, non- discriminatory grounds for plaintiff's discharge, and plaintiff failed to show these grounds were pretexts for discrimination against him for exercise of his First Amendment rights; plaintiff's complaint failed to state a claim for interference with his right to access to the courts.