132 F. 3d 40 - Soelter v. King County
132 F3d 40 Soelter v. King County
132 F.3d 40
Sonia SOELTER, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KING COUNTY, a Municipal Corporation; Gary Locke, County
Executive, Individually and in his official capacity; Pearl
McElheran, Deputy Executive for Administration of King
County, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 96-35823.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 5, 1997.
Decided Dec. 9, 1997.
NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, D.C. No. CV-94-01724-TSZ; Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding.
Before WRIGHT, REAVLEY** and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
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MEMORANDUM*
Sonia Soelter appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to King County and its chief executive, Gary Locke, in her § 1983 action alleging that her patronage dismissal as Elections Manager violated her First Amendment rights.
We review de novo and affirm on the basis of the district court's extremely thorough and well-reasoned opinion. It is published as Soelter v. King County, 931 F.Supp. 741 (W.D.Wash.1996).
While this appeal was pending, we issued Fazio v. City & County of San Francisco, No. 96-16981, slip op. 128905 (9th Cir. Oct. 7, 1997) (to be reported at 125 F.3d 1328). The district court's opinion in this case comports with Fazio.
AFFIRMED.