Lakeside-Scott

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LEA LAKESIDE-SCOTT, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-35896 v. D.C. No.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY,

Defendant,  CV-02-01505-

MWM

and

OPINION

JANN BROWN,

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 9, 2007—Portland, Oregon

Filed February 12, 2009

Before: Raymond C. Fisher and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges and Judith M. Barzilay, Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Fisher; Concurrence by Judge Berzon

*The Honorable Judith M. Barzilay, United States Court of Interna- tional Trade, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

George P. Fisher, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Jenny M. Morf (argued), Assistant County Attorney; Katie A. Lane, Assistant County Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for the defendant-appellant. LAKESIDE-SCOTT v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY 1725

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves an alleged retaliatory discharge of an employee after she complained about co-workers and one…