Legal Opinion

Ramos-Mercado v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 18, 2009No. 08-1769PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Appellant Maritza Ramos-Mercado commenced this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against her former employer, ap-pellee Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, and others. She alleged in her complaint that the appellees deprived her of property without due process of law when they refused to reinstate her as a career attorney following a ten-year leave of absence. The district court dismissed her complaint for failure to state a claim.

We affirm, concluding that Ramos-Mercado was provided with all the process that was due under the facts of this case.

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Ramos-Mercado’s claims arise out of her…

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