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DIRUZZA v. COUNTY OF TEHAMA

No. 98-15997.

206 F.3d 1304 (2000)

Sherol DIRUZZA, aka Sherol Janc, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF TEHAMA, a public entity; Robert Heard, as an individual and as Sheriff for the County of Tehama; Jerry Floyd, as an individual and as Undersheriff of the County of Tehama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike McGuire and David A. Prentice, McGuire & Prentice, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

J. Scott Smith, Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee County of Tehema.

Stephen E. Horan, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, California, for defendants-appellees Robert Heard and Jerry Floyd.

Michael Rains, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae the Peace Officers Research Association of California, Peace Officers Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund, Kern Law Enforcement Association, and Elko County Sheriffs' Employees Association.

Before: REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge W. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Sherol DiRuzza was a deputy sheriff in Tehama County from 1992 to 1995. During the election season in 1994, she supported incumbent Sheriff Mike Blanusa in his bid for reelection. Blanusa lost to Sheriff Robert Heard, one of the defendants in this case. DiRuzza asserts that defendants Heard and Undersheriff Jerry Floyd caused her to lose her job as a result of...

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