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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

F !LED 

United Stares Court of Appeals 

Temh Circuit 

TONY G. LOVATO, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-counter-defendant-) 

Appellant, ) 

) 

v. ) 

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CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellee, ) 

) 

ROBERT L. SANCHEZ, ) 

) 

Defendant-counter-claimant-) 

Appellee. ) 

APR 4 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 90-2078 

(D.C. Nos. CIV-86-0644 SC 

and CIV-87-1117 SC) 

(D. New Mexico) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, ALDISERT** and LOGAN, Circuit 

Judges. 

Plaintiff Tony Lovato appeals the district court's sununary 

judgment order in favor of the City of Albuquerque and its 

employee, Robert Sanchez, on plaintiff's claims for wrongful 

retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and Title VII of 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

** The Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, Senior United States 

Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third 

Circuit, sitting by designation. 

Appellate Case: 90-2078 Document: 010110031738 Date Filed: 04/04/1991 Page: 1 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On appeal plaintiff dropped a claim 

he had earlier asserted under 42 u.s.c. S 1981. 

After reviewing the record, we are convinced that the 

district court correctly analyzed the law and facts. We affirm 

for substantially the reasons stated in the district court 

Memorandum Opinion and Order entered March 9, 1990. 

AFFIRMED. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 90-2078 Document: 010110031738 Date Filed: 04/04/1991 Page: 2