Montanez Allman v. Garcia-Padilla

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

When the government of Puerto Rico changed hands following the November 2012 General Elections, the legislature enacted Law 75-2013 (“Law 75”) which repealed Reorganization Plan No. 1-2011 (“2011 Reorganization Plan”) and in doing so purportedly “abolished” four positions that the 2011 Reorganization Plan had created. At the same time, the legislature also enacted several other laws creating “new” positions with substantially similar duties and removal limitations. When Governor García-Padilla filled the “new” positions, several of the now-displaced former officials brought…