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MÉNDEZ-APONTE v. BONILLA

No. 09-2534.

645 F.3d 60 (2011)

Prudencio MÉNDEZ-APONTE; María De Los Angeles López-De Méndez; Conjugal Partnership Méndez-López, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Fernando BONILLA, in his official and personal capacities as Secretary of State; Jane Doe I, as wife of Fernando Bonilla; Conjugal Partnership Bonilla-Doe, Defendants, Appellees, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, represented by the Secretary of Justice Hon. Roberto Sánchez-Ramos; State Department of Puerto Rico, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicolás Nogueras-Cartagena , María Teresa Figueroa-Colón , and Nicolás Nogueras Jr. Law Offices, on brief for appellants.

Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh , Solicitor General, Leticia M. Casalduc-Rabell , Deputy Solicitor General, Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón , Deputy Solicitor General, and Rosa Elena Pérez-Agosto , Assistant Solicitor General, on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SILER, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Prudencio Méndez-Aponte, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Protocol Affairs at the Puerto Rico State Department, sued Fernando Bonilla, in his personal and official capacity as the Secretary of State of the Puerto Rico State Department, alleging that Bonilla fired him due to his political affiliation. Méndez-Aponte's claim did not survive Bonilla's motion for summary judgment. The district court sanctioned Méndez...

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