GIBSON v. OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. 07-56124.

554 F.3d 759 (2009)

Paula Lauren GIBSON and Annette D. Goode-Parker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of California; Bill Lockyer; Richard M. Frank; James Thomas Greene; Kathleen Foote; Louis Mauro; Jacob Applesmith; and Barbara Motz, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Lauren Gibson, Los Angeles, CA, in propria persona, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephanie L. Quinn, Randolph Cregger & Chalfant LLP, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Opinion by Judge Graber; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Clifton


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Paula Lauren Gibson and Annette D. Goode-Parker work for the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California ("OAG") as a lawyer and a paralegal, respectively. In violation of an internal policy of the OAG, Gibson represented Goode-Parker in a private legal malpractice case without first having obtained permission from the OAG. The OAG informed Gibson that she would be fired if she continued the private representation. Plaintiffs...

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