HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS v. RYAN

No. 06-1774.

484 F.3d 73 (2007)

HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Patricia E. RYAN, Executive Director, Maine Human Rights Commission; Maine Human Rights Commission Members; G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General of the State of Maine; Connie Zetts, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Luckerman, with whom Law Office of Douglas J. Luckerman, Michael A. Duddy, Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman, and David Kaplan were on brief, for appellant.

Christopher C. Taub, Assistant Attorney General, with whom G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Paul Stern, Deputy Attorney General, and John P. Gause, Counsel to the Maine Human Rights Commission, were on brief, for appellees Ryan, Maine Human Rights Commission Members, and Rowe.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians ("Houlton Band") is an Indian tribe based in northern Maine and the plaintiff in this lawsuit. According to the tribe's complaint, in August 2005 the Houlton Band ended its employment relationship with Connie Zetts, an employee who had worked in the tribe's health clinic since November 2004. Zetts proceeded to file charges of employment discrimination with the Maine Human Rights Commission ("the Commission...

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