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A tenured professor of sociology at Colorado State University at Pueblo is suing the institution for allegedly violating his free speech rights as he tried to organize protests over planned layoffs, the Denver Post reported. Tim McGettigan, the professor, says that his email and computer access were blocked in January 2014, after the university announced it was planning to shed 50 faculty and staff members – and after McGettigan emerged as a key critic of the move. In the lawsuit, McGettigan also alleges the university’s computer access policy -- which bans the creation, storage or transmission of content that Pueblo “may deem to be offensive, indecent or obscene” – is unconstitutional. Elizabeth Wang, McGettigan’s attorney, said the professor is still barred from sending group distribution emails. A university spokesman declined to comment on any pending litigation.
