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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Seeger partially grants Cook County’s motion to dismiss constitutional and state law violations claims brought by a former photographer for the county medical examiner’s office. The ex-photographer claims he was fired in retaliation for complaining about his working conditions and how the office spent its budget; he says the office used his positive drug test result for cannabis as pretext to fire him. He brought First and Fourth Amendment violations claims as well as a number of state law claims. The court allows the Fourth Amendment claim to stand, and the First Amendment claim stands only regarding his formal complaint to OSHA about his working conditions. His retaliation claim under state law also survives dismissal, but the court tosses his state wage law violation claim and his claim for due process violations.