James Gillette v. Duane Delmore, and City of Eugene

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• holding that fire chief’s discretionary authority to hire and fire employees did not make him a final policymaker because he was not responsible for establishing the city’s employment policy
• concluding that a city fire chief who had authority to hire and fire employees, but did not establish the city’s employment policy, was not a final policymaker for the city
• holding 16 \[w]hether a particular official has policy-making authority is a question of state 17 law\
• noting that \the discretionary authority to hire and fire employees . . . is not sufficient to establish a basis for municipal liability [under § 1983].\
• observing that duration of the alleged custom “is a crucial element of the inquiry” and concluding that no reasonable jury could have found that termination was pursuant to an informal policy
• holding, to establish municipal liability based on 27 policymaker's ratification of subordinate's decision, policymaker must \approve [the] subordinate's 9g |decision and the basis for it\ (emphasis omitted)

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