CORDERO-MARTINEZ v. APONTE-ROQUE

Civ. No. 87-0003CC.

685 F.Supp. 314 (1988)

Zulma CORDERO-MARTINEZ and All Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Awilda APONTE-ROQUE, Secretary of Education of P.R.; Mrs. Luz M. Estrada, Superintendent of the School District Rio Piedras III; Mrs. Mildred Ramos, Supervisor of Special Education Rio Piedras III; Mrs. X-Ayala, Supervisor Special Education San Juan Region; Attorney General for Handicap Persons, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

June 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesús Hernández-Sánchez, Santurce, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Francisca Santiago-Negrón, Federal Litigation Div., Dept. of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

This case, a civil rights action based upon discrimination by reason of a handicap, is before us on two motions to dismiss. The facts of the case are as follows:

Plaintiff Zulma Cordero-Martínez is a blind teacher; a honors graduate of the University of Puerto Rico who specialized in elementary and special education for handicapped children. She alleges that she

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