PETER-PALICAN v. GOV'T OF COM. OF NORTHERN MARIANA

No. 10-17153.

673 F.3d 1013 (2012)

Emerenciana PETER-PALICAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GOVERNMENT OF the COMMONWEALTH OF the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; Benigno R. Fitial, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Cushnie , Law Offices of Douglas F. Cushnie, Saipan, MP, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gilbert Birnbrich , Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island, Office of the Attorney General, Dave Lochabay, Esquire , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Saipan, MP, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: ALFRED T. GOODWIN, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and MARY H. MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Governor Benigno R. Fitial (collectively, "the Commonwealth") appeal from the district court's judgment in favor of Emerenciana Peter-Palican in Peter-Palican's suit against the Commonwealth alleging that then-Acting Governor Timothy Villagomez terminated her from her position as Special Assistant to the Governor for Women's Affairs in violation of Article III...

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