CALDERÓN-GARNIER v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 08-1284.

578 F.3d 33 (2009)

Carlos CALDERÓN-GARNIER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Hon. Anabelle RODRÍGUEZ, in her personal capacity as former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice; Hon. Roberto Sánchez-Ramos, In his personal and official capacity as acting Secretary of Justice; Pedro Goyco-Amador, in his personal and official capacity of Prosecutor General of the Department of Justice; Cruz Esteves de González, in her personal and official capacity as District Attorney of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice; Hon. Sila María Calderón, in her personal capacity as former Governor of Puerto Rico; John Doe, unknown persons who acted or conspired violating Plaintiff's constitutional rights and caused damages, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Roldán-González, for appellant.

Rosa Elena Pérez-Agosto, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Acting Solicitor General, and Ileana M. Oliver-Falero, Acting Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for appellees Sánchez-Ramos, Goyco-Amador, Esteves de González and Sila María Calderón.

Eliezer A. Aldarondo, with whom Eileen Landrón-Guardiola, Eduardo Vera-Ramírez, Luis A. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Landrón & Vera, LLP, Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice, and Maite Oronoz-Rodríguez, Acting Solicitor General, were on brief for appellee Hon. Anabelle Rodríguez.

Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Torruella, and Selya, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Carlos Calderón Garnier ("plaintiff"), a former prosecutor for the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, appeals from a grant of summary judgment below in favor of his former supervisors: Anabelle Rodríguez, Sila María Calderón, Pedro Goyco-Amador, Cruz Estevez de González, and Roberto Sánchez-Ramos (collectively "defendants"). Plaintiff alleges that the Puerto Rico Department of Justice terminated his...

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