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2004, gr ant i ng s um m aryj udgm entt o t he def endantPhi l adel phi a H ous i ng A ut hor i t yand cert ai n of i t s offi cer s i n t hi s act i on i n w hi ch pl ai nt i ff- appel l ant , T er es a C ol l i ns , t he form er di r ect orof t he A ut hor i t y ’ s H ead St ar tPr ogr am, s oughtr el i ef unde rfede r al and Penns y l vani a l aw on t he theoryt hatt he def endant s r et al i at ed aga i ns therbyt er m i nat i ng her em ploym ent because she regi st ered her opp osi t i on t o an d p rot est ed d efen dan t s’ m i s us e of publ i c funds and i l l egal act i vi t i es . T he di s t r i ctcour ti n a mem or andum opi ni on dat ed A pr i l 26, 2004, gr ant ed def endant s s um m aryj udgm entbeca us e i tdet er m i ned that even though C ol l i ns had compl ai ned aboutdefe ndant s ’ act i vi t i es t o t he A ut hor i t y ’ s O ffi ce of t he I ns pect orG ener al , t he per s ons w ho m ade the dec i s i on t o t er m i nat e herhad bee n unaw ar e of he rcompl ai nt s befor e t heym ade the t er m i nat i on deci s i on. T he di s t r i ctcour thad j ur i s di ct i on under28 U . S. C . §§ 1331, 1343 and 1367, and
w e h a v e ju risd ictio n u n d e r 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . W e e x e rc ise p len a ryre v iew o n th is a p p e a l, see M ark v . B o rou g h o f H atbo ro, 51 F . 3 d 1 1 3 7 , 1 1 4 1 (3d C ir . 1 9 9 5 ), an d thu s m ayaf firm onl yi f t he pl eadi ngs , depos i t i ons , ans w er s t o i nt err ogat or i es , admi s s i ons on fi l e, and aff i davi t s , i f any , s how t hatt her e i s no genui ne i s s ue as t o anym at er i al fac tand defe ndant s ar e ent i t l ed t o j udgm entas a mat t erof l aw . See Fed. R . C i v. P. 56( c) . A ft er ourr evi ew of t hi s m at t er , w e ar e i n ful l acc or d w i t h t he di s t r i ctcour tas t he evi dence cannots uppor ta conc l us i on t hatt he def endant s ’ deni al t hatt heyl acke d know l edge of C ol l i ns ’ compl ai ntbefor e hert er m i nat i on i s nott rue. T hus , t hi s cas e mustfai l on t he caus at i on i s s ue.3

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