Helen Armstrong v. Terry Reynolds

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HELEN ARMSTRONG, No. 20-15256 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:17-cv-02528-

APG-DJA

TERRY REYNOLDS; STEVE GEORGE;

JESS LANKFORD; LARA PELLEGRINI,

Defendants-Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 3, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed January 13, 2022

Before: Danny J. Boggs, * A. Wallace Tashima, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

* The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Nevada state law against four state officials arising from plaintiff’s termination from her workplace, Ear Nose and Throat Associates, after she filed complaints with the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration…