SANTOS v. MIAMI REGION, U. S. CUSTOMS SERV.

No. 80-1403.

642 F.2d 21 (1981)

Mario Perez SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MIAMI REGION, U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Harness, Atlanta, Ga., with whom Lawrence K. G. Poole, Decatur, Ga., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary A. McReynolds, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., and Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Mario Perez Santos appeals a decision of the district court upholding on summary judgment his discharge from the United States Customs Service (Customs). The issue presented on appeal is whether the Federal Employees Appeals Authority properly ruled that the discharge did not violate appellant's first amendment rights and was not arbitrary or capricious.

Perez was employed by Customs as a GS-2 telephone operator in...

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