Opinion ID: 168639
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Text: 1 Quintina Deschenie, a former employee of Central Consolidated School District (CCSD), sued the CCSD Board of Education and individual members of the Board and district administration (collectively, the Board or School Board) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In her complaint, she alleged the defendants took adverse employment actions against her in retaliation for engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment. The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico granted summary judgment to the defendants. It concluded certain instances of Deschenie's speech were unprotected, and those which were protected were not causally related to the adverse employment actions taken by the School Board. Deschenie appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to the defendants. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirms the district court's grant of summary judgment.