LOPEZ v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS

No. 11-4199.

719 F.3d 1178 (2013)

George LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF the COURTS, a judicial branch of the State of Utah; Kathy Elton, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Steffey of Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC ( R. Christopher Preston , Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Clifford Peterson , Assistant Utah Attorney General ( Mark L. Shurtleff , Utah Attorney General, and Meb W. Anderson , Assistant Utah Attorney General, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Circuit Judge, HOLLOWAY and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant George Lopez conducts mediations in a program created and managed by the Administrative Office of Courts of the State of Utah (the AO). In 2006 he was removed from the panel of mediators which the AO had created under statutory authority to mediate certain domestic matters. Mr. Lopez brought suit in federal district court alleging that his removal from that list of specialized...

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