RENO " A federal judge today said Gov. Jim Gibbons will be subject to deposition in a civil suit filed by a former administrator who claims she was improperly fired from the governor's office.
After a hearing this morning, U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid ruled attorneys for Mary Keating will be allowed to take pretrial testimony from Gibbons after the legislative session concludes.
Keating, a certified public accountant and 25-year state employee, claims she was fired last May because the governor thought she leaked details of private text-messages he sent to another woman on a state phone.
Gibbons later apologized for the more than 800 text messages and reimbursed the state $130.