APONTE-SANTIAGO v. LOPEZ-RIVERA

No. 91-1461.

957 F.2d 40 (1992)

Pedro Antonio APONTE-SANTIAGO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Aurelio LOPEZ-RIVERA, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Schneider, Jr., for plaintiff, appellant.

Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Dept. of Justice, with whom Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz, Sol. Gen. and Anabelle Rodríguez, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SKINNER, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Pedro Antonio Aponte-Santiago appeals from summary judgment granted against him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The issue to be decided is whether the district court erred when it concluded that appellant failed to allege specific material facts to sustain a prima facie claim of political discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We conclude that it did and reverse.

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND STANDARD OF REVIEW

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