PEÑALBERT-ROSA v. FORTUÑO-BURSET

Nos. 09-2391, 10-1410.

631 F.3d 592 (2011)

María D. PEÑALBERT-ROSA; Sirilo Correa-Rosario; Conjugal Partnership Correa-Peñalbert, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Luis G. FORTUÑO-BURSET, in his personal capacity and as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; LUCÉ VELA, in her individual capacity; Velmarie Berlingeri-Marín, in her individual and official capacity as Administrator of the Governor's Mansion; Juan Carlos Blanco, in his individual and official capacity as Chief of Staff; John Doe; Conjugal Partnership Doe-Berlingeri; Juanita Doe; Conjugal Partnership Blanco-Doe; Conjugal Partnership Fortuño-Vela, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos A. Del Valle Cruz with whom Eileen Landrón Guardiola , Eduardo Vera Ramírez and Landrón & Vera, L.L.P. were on brief for appellants.

Eliezer A. Aldarondo-López with whom Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz , María Hadad-Orta and Aldarondo & López Bras, PSC were on consolidated brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

María D. Peñalbert-Rosa was discharged from public employment in Puerto Rico in February 2009, shortly after the governorship of the Commonwealth changed hands from one political party to another. According to her later complaint, Peñalbert had been employed since 2006 as a receptionist in an office building annexed to the Puerto Rico governor's executive mansion; from 1989 to 2006, she worked in a communications office within...

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