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MONGE-VAZQUEZ v. ROHENA-BETANCOURT

Nos. 86-1431, 86-1661.

813 F.2d 22 (1987)

Ramon MONGE-VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Santos ROHENA-BETANCOURT, Defendant, Appellant. Pablo ORTIZ LEBRON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Alejandro SANTIAGO NIEVES, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Alvarado, Hato Rey, P.R., Zuleika Llovet, San Juan, P.R., Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Santurce, P.R., Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P.R., on brief, for defendant, appellant in No. 86-1431.

Carlos Del Valle, Ramirez & Ramirez and Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, San Juan, P.R., on brief, for defendants, appellants in No. 86-1661.

Alberto J. Perez-Hernandez and Gonzalez & Perez-Hernandez, on brief, for plaintiff, appellee in No. 86-1431.

Eliezer Aldarondo, Miguel Pagan and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees in No. 86-1661.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case marks the addition of two more positions to our growing catalogue of political discharge cases commenced in the wake of the 1984 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico. Both plaintiffs are former government employees who were allegedly dismissed from their positions due to their political affiliation. Defendants moved for partial summary judgment on the issue of qualified immunity in both cases, but the district courts denied their...

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