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RIVERA-GOMEZ v. de CASTRO

No. 87-1736.

843 F.2d 631 (1988)

Martin RIVERA-GOMEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Rafael Adolfo de CASTRO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Muniz, Old San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellants.

Anabelle Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., and Norma Cotti Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., Ponce, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

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

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, eight former employees of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against their erstwhile agency chief, Rafael Adolfo de Castro, the Ombudsman.1 They claimed to have been discharged because of their political leanings in derogation of their constitutional rights. The district court granted judgment on the pleadings in the Ombudsman's favor, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c), and this...

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