151365P.pdf   05/26/2016  Ronda DePriest  v.  Dennis Milligan
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1365
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Where plaintiff had supported 
   defendant's opponent in the election for the position of Circuit Clerk, it 
   was permissible under the First Amendment for defendant to dismiss 
   plaintiff as chief deputy clerk after the election on the ground the 
   position as defendant structured it required personal and political 
   loyalty; plaintiff did not timely appeal her Government Employees Rights 
   Act claim to this court and it would not be considered; assuming plaintiff 
   established a prima facie case of gender discrimination regarding 
   defendant's failure to reappoint her, plaintiff failed to show defendant's 
   stated hiring grounds were pretexts; with respect to appointment to 
   another position, plaintiff did not apply for any open positions and could 
   not state a prima facie case; with respect to plaintiff's retaliation 
   claim under the first Amendment, the evidence showed the person hired had 
   greater relevant experience, and the district court did not err in 
   granting defendant's motion for summary judgment.