According to Jones, Roberson disapproved of Jones' presentation because her COVID-19 figures exceeded the target percentage rates for reopening many counties. On May 5, 2020, Jones was instructed to take the data hub offline temporarily so the information could be vetted, but she was openly defiant…. Jones was removed from her assignment on the COVID-19 Dashboard on May 6, 2020. The following week, on May 14, 2020, Jones texted Curry that she was considering filing a whistleblower complaint about "how I'm being treated, the Dashboard mess, gross mismanagement." … Jones could not demonstrate that her employment was terminated in retaliation for her exercise of speech protected by the First Amendment….