Opinion ID: 27
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: The District Court Properly Granted Judgment as a Matter of Law for All Defendants on Uphoff's Law 115 Claims and for All Remaining State Law Claims against the Defendants Save Alejandro and Vazquez

Text: The court granted JMOL on Uphoff's Law 115 claims against all the defendants and dismissed the other state law claims against all defendants except Alejandro and Vazquez. Uphoff-Figueroa III, at 4-9. We review de novo a district court's decision granting JMOL. Acevedo-Feliciano v. Ruiz-Hernandez, 447 F.3d 115, 121 (1st Cir.2006). Taking all inferences in favor of Uphoff, we review the evidence at trial and ask whether a reasonable jury could have found these defendants liable. Id.; see also Jennings v. Jones, 587 F.3d 430, 435-39 (1st Cir.2009). We may affirm the district court on any independently sufficient ground in the record. Invest Almaz v. Temple-Inland Forest Prods. Corp., 243 F.3d 57, 75 (1st Cir.2001) (quoting Hodgens v. Gen. Dynamics Corp., 144 F.3d 151, 172 (1st Cir. 1998)).