Legal Opinion
Del-Toro-Pacheco v. Pereira
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 31, 2011No. 09-2532PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In this political discrimination case, Julio Del Toro Pacheco (Del Toro) alleges that he was fired from his job at the Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Administration (DCR) because his superiors, Roberto Izquierdo-Ocasio (Izquierdo) and Miguel A. Pereira, disagreed with his political beliefs. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the ground that Del Toro had not established a prima facie case of political discrimination because he failed to show that the defendants knew of Del Toro’s political affiliation. The court also…
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