Alviar v. City of Spokane

34 F.3d 1071 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rosita ALVIAR, a single woman; John E. Graves, Sharon M. Graves, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. CITY OF SPOKANE, a municipal corporation for the State of Washington; Gayle Christiansen, a single woman; Patricia Stanton, a woman; James & Jane Smith, husband & wife; O'Neil & Jill Vinson, husband and wife; Harvey & Jane Harden, husband and wife; the Civil Service Commission of the City of Spokane, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-36905. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 1994. Decided Aug. 26, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 After Rosita Alviar and John Graves ("Appellants") were laid off from their city civil service jobs, they initiated this action in federal district court against the City of Spokane and several city officials ("Appellees"). They contend that they possessed a property interest in…