Legal Opinion
Maria Brandon v. Maricopa County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2017No. 14-16910PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Appellee Maria Brandon worked for many years as a civil litigation attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO), and later (briefly) as a direct employee of Maricopa County, defending the county and related entities in civil lawsuits, before again returning to her previous employment at the MCAO. During her time as a direct employee of the county she received a call at her office from a newspaper reporter inquiring about a case she was handling for the Maricopa County Sheriffs Department. One of her comments to the reporter about the case was later…
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