Legal Opinion
Chavez-Rodriguez v. City of Santa Fe
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 18, 2010No. 09-2047PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Patricia Chavez-Rodriguez filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging, in part, that Defendants David Coss, Karen Heldmeyer, and John Hiatt (collectively “Defendants”) retaliated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights while she was employed by the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1 Chavez-Rodriguez’s First Amendment claim was based on a variety of statements she made to city, state, and federal officials, as well as a conversation she had with Ben Lujan, Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. After removing the case to…
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