AYALA-RODRIGUEZ v. RULLAN

No. 06-2543.

511 F.3d 232 (2007)

Dr. Daniel AYALA-RODRÍGUEZ; Priscilla Carrasquillo; Danellis Ayala-Carrasquillo; Dannis Ayala-Carrasquillo; Dennis Ayala-Carrasquillo, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Dr. Johnny RULLÁN, Secretary of the Health Department of Puerto Rico (HDPR); Dr. Heriberto Pagán-Sáez, Executive Director of the Medical Services Administration (ASEM); Dr. Edwin Miranda, Director of the Emergency Room of the San Juan Medical Center; Dr. Victor Medina-Cruz, Director of Medical Services of the San Juan Medical Center; Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration (ASEM), Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raúl Barrera-Morales, Jesús Hernández-Sánchez, and Hernández Sánchez Law Firm on brief for appellants.

Rosa Elena Pérez-Agosto, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana D. Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, and Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitor General, on brief for appellees.

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


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Daniel Ayala, a physician practicing in Puerto Rico, appeals from the dismissal of his law suit charging that his employment contract was not renewed because of political discrimination and without due process. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, so the state of the summary judgment record is of central importance. It shows the following.

In 1998, Ayala signed...

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