Legal Opinion
Rodriguez-Sanchez v. Municipality of Santa Isabel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 29, 2011No. 09-2635PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Sixty-one terminated employees of the Municipality of Santa Isabel challenge the district court’s entry of summary judgment against them on their claims for deprivation of due process and political discrimination, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After careful consideration of the record, we affirm.
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A. Factual Background
In the Puerto Rico general elections of November 2004, Enrique Questell-Alvarado (“Questell”), a member of Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party (“NPP”), was elected Mayor of the Municipality of Santa Isabel (“the Municipality”). He took office on January 10,…
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