In the Matter of Karen Golinski

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT   IN THE MATTER OF KAREN No. 09-80173 GOLINSKI* et ux.  ORDER Filed November 19, 2009 COUNSEL Argued by Rita F. Lin, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Fran- cisco, California, who was joined on the briefs by James R. McGuire, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, Califor- nia, for Karen Golinski. ORDER Karen Golinski has been denied a benefit of federal employment because she married a woman rather than a man. I previously determined that violates this court’s guarantee of equal employment opportunity. See In re Golinski,

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