Bryan Pesta v. Cleveland State University

Type

Opinion

Author

Helene N. White

Filed

Nov. 4, 2025

Case

Bryan Pesta v. Cleveland State University

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0511n.06 No. 24-3947 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ) FILED BRYAN PESTA, Nov 04, 2025 ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) v. ) ) CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY; ) ON APPEAL FROM THE CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT OF TRUSTEES, in their official capacities; ) COURT FOR THE NORTHEN LAURA BLOOMBERG, in her individual and ) DISTRICT OF OHIO official capacity; HARLAN M. SANDS, in his ) individual capacity; BENJAMIN WARD, in his ) OPINION individual capacity; CHRISTOPHER MALLETT, ) in his individual capacity; CONOR MCLENNAN, ) in his individual capacity; WENDY REGOECZI, ) in her individual capacity, ) Defendants-Appellees. ) ) Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; GIBBONS and WHITE, Circuit Judges. HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Bryan Pesta appeals the grant of summary judgment to the Cleveland State University (“CSU”) Defendants-Appellees on his claims alleging that CSU investigated and fired him from his tenured position in violation of his First Amendment rights, after he co-authored a controversial paper. We AFFIRM. I. Facts Pesta began working for CSU in 1998 as a vi…

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