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RUIZ-CASILLAS v. CAMACHO-MORALES

No. 04-1793.

415 F.3d 127 (2005)

Nereida RUIZ-CASILLAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Luis A. CAMACHO-MORALES, in his official capacity as Federal Programs Director of the Municipality of Humacao; Jane Doe; conjugal partnership Camacho-Doe; Marcelo Trujillo-Panisse, in his official capacity as Mayor of the Municipality of Humacao; Jane Doe; Conjugal partnership Trujillo-Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Elsie López-Adames, on brief, for appellant.

Jorge Martínez-Luciano, with whom Gina Ismalia Gutiérrez-Galang, Law Offices of Pedro Ortiz-Álvarez, and Michael C. McCall, Civil Rights Legal Task Force, on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Nereida Ruiz-Casillas appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of defendants-appellees Mayor and Federal Programs Director of the Municipality of Humacao for claims of political discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, Ruiz contests the district court's finding that she occupied a policy-making trust position, thereby foreclosing her First and Fourteenth Amendment claims given the party affiliation...

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