Jose Ramon Echevarria v. Jose G. Gracia-Anselmi, Etc.

In this political discharge case, Jose G. Gracia Anselmi, former Administrator of Puerto Rico’s Right to Employment Administration (“REA”), and Rafael Cordero-San-tiago, Gracia’s successor, appeal a final judgment of the district court reinstating plaintiff Jose Ramon Echevarria (“Echevar-ria”) to his former position as REA Regional Director for the Ponce region and awarding him $12,000 in compensatory damages, 642 F.Supp. 843. Appellants contend that the district court erred in holding that the position of REA Regional Director is not one for which “political affiliation is an appropriate…