Where the determination of whether a job is one for which political affiliation is a permissible criterion, it is a question of law and, thus, a proper basis for an interlocutory appeal from a denial of qualified immunity. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed proceedings from a decision by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, Southern District of Indiana. Robin Allman and several co-plaintiffs were former employees of Anderson, Ind. The plaintiffs sued the mayor, Kevin Smith, and Anderson itself under 42 …