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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Pepper partially grants motions to dismiss from the village, fire department, police and fire commission, commission members and fire and police officials in the firefighter's lawsuit claiming his First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for filing complaints against the village police department. The motion to dismiss citing lack of subject matter jurisdiction is denied, but the motion claiming failure to state a claim is granted with regard to the First Amendment retaliation claims against the village, fire department, commission, five commissioners and two fire department officials. The firefighter's abuse of process claim and punitive damages claims are dismissed entirely, and his First Amendment retaliation claim against the village manager and his claim against the fire department under Wisconsin's government employer retaliation statute will proceed.