Read Holcombe v. Hosmer, 05-15151

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that defendants dismissed her from the Nevada Department of Public Safety in retaliation for associating with her husband in violation of her First Amendment rights, dismissal of plaintiff's case is affirmed where the district court correctly found that plaintiff's claims were precluded by a state court's affirmance of an administrative decision upholding her termination.

Appellate Information

• Submitted 01/11/2007
• Decided 02/23/2007
• Published 02/23/2007

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge., Before A. WALLACE TASHIMA and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE P. SCHIAVELLI, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffery A. Dickerson, Reno, NV, for appellant Ursula Holcombe.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Carson City, NV;  Michael Somps, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for appellees David Hosmer and Richard Kirkland.