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MONTFORT-RODRÍGUEZ v. REY-HERNÁNDEZ

No. 06-1624.

504 F.3d 221 (2007)

Dr. Ivonne MONTFORT-RODRÍGUEZ, Juanita Flores-De-Siaca, Carmen Rivera-Rivera, María Coss-Martínez, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Cesar A. REY-HERNÁNDEZ, in his individual capacity; Dr. Rafael Aragunde, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raúl Barrera-Morales, with whom Hernandez Sanchez Law Firm was on brief, for appellants.

Courtney R. Carroll, with whom Roberto Sanchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice, Salvador Antonetti Stutts, Solicitor General, Eduadro A. Vera Ramirez, Eileen Landrón Guardiola and Landrón Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellees.

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

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are four employees of the Puerto Rico Department of Education who claim that they were unconstitutionally demoted in 2001 based on their political affiliation. They brought this suit against the Department of Education and its Secretary, César Rey Hernandez ("Rey"), a member of the Popular Democratic Party ("PDP").1 Appellants, all members of the New Progressive Party ("NPP"), were removed from trust...

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