VILA v. PADRÓN

No. 05-13776.

484 F.3d 1334 (2007)

Adis M. VILA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eduardo J. PADRÓN, individually and in his official capacity as President of Miami-Dade Community College, an agency of the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso, Edna Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Vila.

Paul F. Hancock, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP, Stephanie Leigh Carman, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Joel D. Eaton, Stephen Frederick Rosenthal, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, for Padrón.

Before BLACK, MARCUS and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Adis M. Vila, former Vice President of External Affairs for the Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC or College) appeals the district court's entry of judgment as a matter of law to Defendant Eduardo Padrón in his official capacity as MDCC President on Vila's First Amendment retaliation claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We are asked to decide whether Padrón failed to renew Vila's employment contract because she engaged in First...

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