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BUNTIN v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 16-2265.

857 F.3d 69 (2017)

Jeannette BUNTIN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF BOSTON; James McGonagle; Scott Alther, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 15, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Kendall and Law Office of W. Kendall, North Reading, MA, on brief for appellant.

Nicole M. O'Connor , Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department, and Eugene L. O'Flaherty , Corporation Counsel, on brief for appellees.

Before Torruella, Selya, and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

This appeal causes us to decide a question of first impression in this circuit. We hold that a plaintiff may not bring claims for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against state actors, including defendants sued in their official capacities as government officials — here, employees of the City of Boston. This result...

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