Legal Opinion
Rivera-Torres v. Ortiz-Velez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 26, 2003No. 02-2539, 03-1074PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
On February 21, 2001, plaintiffs Santos Rivera-Torres (“Rivera”), his wife (Daisy Nazario-Santana), and two daughters (Ya-sira Rivera-Nazario and Zahira Rivera-Nazario), 1 brought this claim against the municipality of Sabana Grande and four municipal officers pursuant- to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Rivera alleged that he was the victim of adverse employment actions motivated by political animus, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. After a series of preliminary orders removing three of the four individual defendants from the action, the trial began on December 3,…
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