GUZMAN-RUIZ v. HERNANDEZ-COLON

No. 04-1628.

406 F.3d 31 (2005)

Domingo GUZMÁN-RUÍZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Frankie HERNÁNDEZ-COLÓN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo Luciano Delgado for appellants.

Luis Villares Sarmiento with whom Sánchez-Betances, Sifre, Muñoz-Noya & Rivera, P.S.C. was on brief for appellees Hernandez-Colon and Maldonado-Arrigoitia.

Gary H. Montilla with whom Roberto Márquez-Sánchez was on brief for Arecibo.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Puerto Rico defendant municipality, Arecibo, its mayor and its director of human resources, in a political discharge suit brought by fourteen employees. Plaintiffs are members of the New Progressive Party (NPP) and the individual defendants are members of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), which was restored to power after the election of 2000. The newly elected mayor, Frankie Hern...

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