RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ v. MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ISABEL

No. 09-2635.

658 F.3d 125 (2011)

Elsie RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ISABEL, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Inserni Milam , with whom Carlos J. Morales Bauza was on brief, for appellants.

Jorge Martínez-Luciano , with whom Johanna M. Emmanuelli-Huertas was on brief, for Municipality of Santa Isabel.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Irene S. Soreta-Kodesh , Solicitor General, Leticia Casalduc-Rabell , Deputy Solicitor General, and Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón , Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for Enrique H. Questell-Alvarado and Natalie Rodríguez-Cardona.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


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.

I.

A. Factual Background

In the Puerto Rico general elections of November 2004, Enrique Questell-Alvarado ("Questell...

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