Legal Opinion
Duriex-Gauthier v. Lopez-Nieves
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 2001No. 01-1746PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Peter Duriex-Gauthier held the position of Personnel and General Services Officer in the Ombudsman’s Office of Puerto Rico from December 1991 to August 31, 1998. Following the termination of his employment, he sued Carlos Lopez-Nieves, the newly appointed Director of the Ombudsman’s Office, in Lopez-Nieves’s personal and official capacities. Duriex-Gauthier made two claims. First, he argued that his firing was in violation of his First Amendment rights in that Lopez-Nieves, a member of the New Progressive Party (NPP), terminated his employment because Duriex-Gauthier was…
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