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CORTES-REYES v. SALAS-QUINTANA

No. 08-2210.

608 F.3d 41 (2010)

Gilberto CORTÉS-REYES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Salvador SALAS-QUINTANA, in his personal capacity and in his official capacity as Secretary of the Natural and Environmental Resources Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Lourdes Cabezudo, in her personal capacity and in her official capacity as Human Resources Director of the National & Environmental Resources Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Camacho-Nieves, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Solicitor General, Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Deputy Solicitor General, and Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellants Salas-Quintana and Cabezudo.

Francisco J. González-Magaz, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, BALDOCK, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This political discrimination lawsuit was filed in January 2002 by thirty-six former Ranger cadets of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources ("DNER") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The cadets alleged that they were summarily terminated due to their political affiliation with the New Progressive Party ("NPP"), in violation of their First Amendment rights, and without notice or a hearing, in violation of their due...

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