RODRÍGUEZ v. MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN

No. 09-1769.

659 F.3d 168 (2011)

Emma Velázquez RODRÍGUEZ; Ricardo Ríos, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN; Jorge Santini, Mayor of San Juan, in his official and personal capacities; Zenaida Díaz, former Assistant to the Mayor of San Juan, in her official and personal capacities; John Doe; Jane Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos M. Sánchez La Costa for appellants.

Ricardo Pascual-Villaronga , with whom Mercado & Soto, PSC was on brief, for appellee Municipality of San Juan.

Michael Craig McCall , with whom Eliezer Aldarondo-Ortiz and Aldarondo & López Bras, PSC were on brief, for appellee Jorge Santini.

Antonio Montalvo Nazario , with whom Ángel A. Valencia-Aponte was on brief, for appellee Zenaida Díaz.

Before TORRUELLA, LEVAL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

PRELUDE

As Ricardo Ríos tells it, his professional life as a purchasing officer for the municipality of San Juan became a nightmare when Jorge Santini became San Juan's mayor in 2001. Ríos is an ardent supporter of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP). Santini belongs to a rival political party, the New Progressive Party (NPP). So does Zenaida Díaz, Ríos's one-time supervisor...

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