Opinion ID: 164278
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Text: 1 Plaintiff Victoria Albert filed this suit against her former employer, Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. (Smith's), and individual defendants, Dallon Clarkson and Kevin Slowey. Albert alleged that Smith's failed to reasonably accommodate her asthmatic condition, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (ADA), and the New Mexico Human Rights Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-1-7 (1978) (NMHRA). Albert also alleged state law interference with contract claims against Clarkson and Slowey. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Smith's on the ADA and NMHRA claims and dismissed the state claims against Clarkson and Slowey after concluding they had been fraudulently joined to destroy diversity. Albert appeals. 2 This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment on the ADA claim, and affirm the district court's rulings on the NMHRA claim and on Albert's failure to mitigate her damages. We remand with instructions for the district court to vacate the order dismissing the claims against Clarkson and Slowey and alter the dismissal of Clarkson and Slowey to dismissal without prejudice. Finally, we deny Albert's requests for certification to the New Mexico Supreme Court.