Legal Opinion
Velazquez-Rivera v. Danzig
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 20, 2000No. 00-1309PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal caps an elongated, unhappy saga leading up to and including the termination of appellant’s employment by the U.S. Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Appellant, a civilian Navy firefighter, brought suit in federal court against the Secretary of the Navy, and his former superiors at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and on the nearby island of Vieques. 1 After a history of injuries sustained by appellant and various efforts to accommodate him in a more restricted capacity, the Navy finally terminated his employment.
Appellant alleged, as the…
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