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VELAZQUEZ-RIVERA v. DANZIG

No. 00-1309.

234 F.3d 790 (2000)

Zoilo VELAZQUEZ-RIVERA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Richard J. DANZIG, Secretary of the Navy, Israel Pagan, Director of Human Resources Office, Efrain Feliciano, Pedro Ayala, and Bienvenido Burgos, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gino Negretti-Lavergne for appellant.

Lilliam Mendoza-Toro, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Miguel A. Fernandez, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal caps an elongated, unhappy saga leading up to and including the termination of appellant's employment by the U.S. Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Appellant, a civilian Navy firefighter, brought suit in federal court against the Secretary of the Navy, and his former superiors at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and on the nearby island of Vieques.1 After a history of injuries sustained...

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