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HOBLER v. BRUEHER

No. 00-35589.

325 F.3d 1145 (2003)

Susan HOBLER; Linda Southwell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gary BRUEHER, in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Lacy, Lacy & Kane, P.S., East Wenatchee, WA, for the appellants.

Mary P. Gaston, Perkins Coie, LLP, Spokane, WA, for the appellee.

Before: CANBY, KLEINFELD, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal tests whether an elected county prosecutor must retain the at-will confidential secretaries hired by the predecessor he defeated, who supported the predecessor politically.

Facts

The firings of Susan Hobler and Linda Southwell, at-will secretaries in the Adams County prosecutor's office, occurred after a countywide election that replaced then-prosecutor David Sandhaus. Adams County is a lightly populated rural...

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