Legal Opinion
Rivera-Muñoz v. Shinseki
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 15, 2016No. Civil No. 13-1302 (SEC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SALVADOR E. CASELLAS, United States Senior District Judge
Pending before the Court is a motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant Eric Shinseki, Secretary for Veterans Affairs. Docket #43. For the reasons that follow, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED. Further briefing is ordered on the issue identified below.
I. Background
The facts giving rise to this suit are largely undisputed, and are drawn from the parties’ statements of fact.
*308Rivera worked as a health technician at the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Caribbean Health System until he…
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