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QUINTANA v. ANSELMI

No. 86-1592.

817 F.2d 891 (1987)

Miguel A. Perez QUINTANA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jose G. Gracia ANSELMI, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Smith, Jr., Santurce, P.R., with whom Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P.R., and Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Rafael F. Castro Lang with whom Jose Ramon Perez Hernandez, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Jose Gracia Anselmi, former Administrator of Puerto Rico's Right to Employment Administration ("REA"), dismissed plaintiff-appellee Miguel Perez Quintana from his position as REA Regional Director for the Caguas Region in 1985. Like so many other discharged political officers in Puerto Rico, plaintiff brought a section 1983 action seeking damages and reinstatement, alleging that his dismissal was due solely to his political...

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