Brown

Brown v. King County

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100 F. App'x 655
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 27, 2004No. 02-36117; D.C. No. CV-01-00430-JCCCalifornia629 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*656 MEMORANDUM *

Lisa Brown appeals the district court’s denial of her Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion for relief from the summary judgment dismissal of four of her claims alleging denial of equal protection and of the right to compete because of alleged nepotism and discrimination because of pregnancy in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Brown also appeals the district court’s judgment entered after a bench trial on her claim brought under the Washington Public Disclosure Act, Wash. Rev.Code § 42.17 (“PDA”), and the district court’s denial of her Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion for a new trial. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we recite them herein only as necessary to our disposition.

The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Brown’s Rule 60(b) motion for relief from the summary judgment dismissal of four of her claims. The district court had already found that the Superior Court’s failure to produce the poster was not the result of fraud or bad faith. Moreover, the poster was irrelevant to the district court’s conclusion that…

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