Benavidez v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Per curiam
Vanessa Benavidez and Stella Padilla contend that Defendants violated their First Amendment rights by filing a motion in a civil case. The district court dismissed their complaint. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Background
Because Stella Padilla's nominating petition for Albuquerque mayor lacked the required number of valid signatures, the Albuquerque City Clerk, Natalie Howard, rejected her request to appear on the ballot as a candidate in the city's 2017 mayoral election. Padilla promptly sued Howard in her official capacity in state court for a declaration that she had satisfied…
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