Legal Opinion
Redondo-Borges v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 26, 2005No. 04-2576PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a disappointed bidder who, after apparently winning the procurement race, lost the prize when the contracting agency deemed him (and his company) “nonresponsible.” After careful review, we conclude that the plaintiffs’ federal claims, to the extent they have been preserved, fail to state cognizable causes of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Consequently, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of the action.
I. BACKGROUND
Since the district court decided this case on a motion to dismiss, we derive the raw facts from the plaintiffs’ amended complaint…
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