No. 16-2265

JEANNETTE BUNTIN,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF BOSTON; JAMES MCGONAGLE; SCOTT ALTHER,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Selya, and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

W. Kendall and Law Office of W. Kendall on brief for appellant. Nicole M. O'Connor, Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department, and Eugene L. O'Flaherty, Corporation Counsel, on brief for appellees.

May 15, 2017 LYNCH, Circuit Judge. This appeal causes us to decide a question of first impression in this circuit. We hold that a plaintiff may not bring claims for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against state actors, including defendants sued in their official capacities as government officials -- here, employees of the City of Boston. This result is required by Jett v. Dallas Independent S