CHAVEZ-RODRIGUEZ v. CITY OF SANTA FE

No. 09-2047.

596 F.3d 708 (2010)

Patricia CHAVEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF SANTA FE, Defendant, and Mayor David Coss, in his official and individual capacity; Councilor Karen Heldmeyer, in her official and individual capacity; John B. "Jack" Hiatt, in his official and individual capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robyn Hoffman (Stephen G. French with her on the briefs), French & Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellants.

Aimee S. Bevan (Daniel J. O'Friel and Pierre Levy with her on the brief), O'Friel and Levy, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, BALDOCK, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Patricia Chavez-Rodriguez filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging, in part, that Defendants David Coss, Karen Heldmeyer, and John Hiatt (collectively "Defendants") retaliated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights while she was employed by the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico.1 Chavez-Rodriguez's First Amendment claim was based on a variety of statements she...

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