GALLOZA v. FOY

No. 03-2658.

389 F.3d 26 (2004)

Benito GALLOZA, a/k/a Benito Galloza Gonzalez, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Norman E. FOY et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nydia Gonzalez Ortiz, with whom Santiago & Gonzalez was on brief for appellants.

Teresa M. Seda Ramos, with whom Sánchez Betances & Sifre, P.S.C. was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this action, the plaintiffs, who once held identical appointed offices in the same government agency, claim that their ousters were rooted in politics and, thus, violated their rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a fallback, they also claim that the adverse personnel actions infringed property rights secured to them by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court brushed...

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