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FILE-- In this October 2013 photo, Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. A lawyer who has billed Iowa taxpayers nearly $1 million to fight a lawsuit filed by Godfrey, who says Gov. Kim Reynolds and her predecessor former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad discriminated against him, is withdrawing from the case. George LaMarca, who is 73, has represented the state officials for the past seven years says health reasons are forcing him to retire. Judge Brad McCall accepted his withdrawal in a Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, order and granted a delay in the Jan. 14 trial. (The Des Moines Register via AP)

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FILE- In this This October 2013 photo, Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Godfrey, a former state official who alleges he was pressured by then-Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to resign because of his sexual orientation, plans to take his discrimination lawsuit to trial next year in a case closely watched by government agencies that fear it could open the door to a flood of litigation. (The Des Moines Register via AP)

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In this This October 2013 photo, Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. On Friday, June 30, 2017, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the former commissioner, a Democratic appointee, can seek damages for alleged political retaliation he suffered under former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad. Godfrey, now chief judge of the board that decides federal workers' compensation disputes in Washington, called the ruling a victory for individual rights. (The Des Moines Register via AP)

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