V. Elizabeth Gini v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Until she was terminated for involving two judicial officers in a private dispute with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Elizabeth Gini was a Courtroom Deputy Clerk for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She had filed theft charges against the girlfriend of an LVMPD officer, and when the police failed to pursue the charges as she wished, filed an Internal Affairs complaint alleging a coverup of the theft. Meanwhile, Gini had discussed the matter with a Magistrate Judge and the Chief Judge, which came up during an Internal Affairs interview. Her complaint alleges that an LVMPD officer went to her employer, made defamatory statements about the impropriety of what she had told them, and caused her to be terminated in retaliation for her filing the theft charges and the Internal Affairs complaint. She claims this violated a number of federal constitutional rights, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988-86 , and she also seeks damages for defamation, invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress, and tortious interference with prospective business advantage. The district court dismissed Gini’s civil rights claims for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P.…