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Parties Involved:
Shane Britton
Appellee
Brown County
Appellee
Crystal Molina
Appellant
E. Ray West
Appellee
Suzy Young
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10354

Summary Calendar

CRYSTAL MOLINA,

Plaintiff–Appellant,

versus

BROWN COUNTY; SHANE BRITTON, 

Individually and in His Official Capacity as County Attorney;

SUZY YOUNG, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Election 

Administrator; 

E. RAY WEST, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Brown County 

Judge,

Defendants–Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 6:13-CV-48

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Crystal Molina, a former county employee, sued various county 

employees in their official capacity under numerous theories, including, under 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

September 22, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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42 U.S.C. § 1983, violation of her Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, First 

Amendment retaliation, and vindictive and bad-faith prosecution, and under 

§§ 1985 and 1986, conspiracy to violate her rights. The district court granted 

defendants’ motion for summary judgment in a succinct but sufficiently thorough opinion dated March 17, 2015.

The court carefully explained, inter alia, that Molina made no showing 

of a suspect county policy that resulted in the alleged violations and that any 

retaliation was not in response to any speech that involved a matter of public 

concern rather than in regard to her official duties as a public employee.

This case reflects a number of local squabbles but no indication of an 

infringement of federally protected rights. The summary judgment is 

AFFIRMED.

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