GUADALUPE-BÁEZ v. PESQUERA

No. 14-2304.

819 F.3d 509 (2016)

Raúl Alberto GUADALUPE-BÁEZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Héctor PESQUERA et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Javier A. Morales Ramos , for appellants.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Margarita L. Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, was on brief, for appellees Héctor Pesquera, Héctor Orozco, Carlos Rosa, Guillermo Somoza-Colombani, and Luis Sánchez-Betances.

Juan J. Casillas-Ayala , Luis F. Llach-Zúñiga , Natalia E. Del Nido-Rodríguez , and Casillas Santiago Torres LLC on brief for appellee José R. Román-Abreu.

Before HOWARD, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


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