APONTE MELENDEZ v. ORTIZ OTERO

No. 91-1874.

964 F.2d 1225 (1992)

Migdalia APONTE MELENDEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jaime L. ORTIZ OTERO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisa A. Fumero Perez with whom Jose Antonio Pagan Nieves was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Carlos Lugo Fiol, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Anabelle Rodriguez, Sol. Gen., and Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

A number of years ago, appellant obtained a "career" civil service position with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Health (hereinafter "DOH"), entitling her to protection from dismissal except for cause. See 3 L.P.R.A. § 1352. Later, she left her "career" position with DOH to become Executive Director of the Solid Waste Management Authority (hereinafter "SWMA"), a "trust" or "confidential" position from which she could be...

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