Legal Opinion
Garnier v. Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 2007No. 06-2222PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Carlos Calderón Gamier was dismissed from his position as an Assistant District Attorney for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by letter of dismissal from then Governor Sila Maria Calderón, dated May 12, 2004. On May 11, 2005, Mr. Calderón Gamier appealed to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asserting that the dismissal, the events leading to it, and the process by which it was implemented, were politically motivated and in violation of his civil, constitutional, and statutory rights, including violation of the…
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