Sweet
Sweet v. Tigard-Tualatin School District
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Following her removal as a public school psychologist from Tigard High School and the subsequent termination of her employment with the Northwest Regional Education Service District (“NWRESD”), Carla Sweet filed suit against the Tigard-Tualatin School District (“TTSD”); its employees Danielle Johnson, Petrea Hagen-Gilden, and Mark Kubiaczyk; the NWRESD; and NWRESD employee Mike Barker. Against different combinations of these defendants, Sweet alleged claims for unlawful retaliation under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”); violation of her First Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ; unlawful retaliation under the Oregon whistleblower statute, Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.203(l)(b)(A); unlawful discrimination under the Oregon disability statute, Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.112; and defamation and invasion of privacy/false light under Oregon common law. The district court granted summary judgment for every defendant with regard to every claim.
Sweet here appeals the district court’s summary judgment on every claim except her state common law claims against Kubiaczyk and her section 1983 claim against TTSD. We review the district court’s summary…