Huff

Huff v. City of Portland

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342 F. App'x 282
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 22, 2009No. 08-35505California465 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff Mary Ann Huff appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the City of Portland (“City”) and her supervisor, Zari Santner (“Santner”), on Huffs claims of (1) retaliation under the Oregon Whistleblower Statute, Or.Rev. Stat. § 659A.203, (2) wrongful discharge, and (3) a First Amendment violation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 552 F.3d 1008, 1013 (9th Cir.2009), and we affirm.

1. Under Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.203(l)(b), a public employer may not take disciplinary action against an employee who discloses any information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of (A) a violation of any federal or state law, rule or regulation, or (B) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority. Nor may the employer discourage an employee from making such a disclosure. Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.203(l)(d). Here, regardless of whether Huff made any protected disclosures, she has failed to show that her potentially protected disclosures were in *284 any way connected to later decisions not to rehire or redeploy her.

2. Under Oregon law, “an at-will…

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