RUIZ RIVERA v. RILEY

No. 99-1398.

209 F.3d 24 (2000)

Angel RUIZ RIVERA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Richard W. RILEY, Secretary, United States Department of Education, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Juan Maldonado, with whom Balber Pickard Battistoni Maldonado & Van Der Tuin, PC and Frank D. Inserni were on brief, for appellants.

Angel Ruiz Rivera, pro se ipso.

Anthony A. Yang, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Barbara C. Biddle, Attorney, Appellate Staff, were on brief, for appellees.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Angel Ruiz Rivera (Ruiz), Instituto de Educacion Universal (the Institute), and five other individuals who, like Ruiz, are affiliated with the Institute, brought this action against the United States Department of Education (DOE) and various DOE hierarchs (including the Secretary), seeking money damages and other relief pursuant to the doctrine of Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics,

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