ROCKET LEARNING, INC. v. RIVERA-SANCHEZ

No. 12-1642.

715 F.3d 1 (2013)

ROCKET LEARNING, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, Learning Alliances, LLC; Currículos Educativos Y Proyectos De Diseño Instruccional, Inc., a/k/a CEPDI, Inc.; Best Education Trends, Inc.; Night Star Job College, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Jesús RIVERA-SÁNCHEZ, in his personal capacity and as the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Escalera Rodríguez , with whom Amelia Caicedo Santiago , Carlos M. Hernández Burgos , and Reichard & Escalera were on brief, for appellant.

Margarita L. Mercado Echegaray , Attorney, Puerto Rico Department of Justice, with whom Carlos E. Cardona Fernández , Claudio Aliff Ortiz , Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz , and Aldarondo & López Bras were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Rocket Learning, Inc., an educational services provider based in Puerto Rico, appeals from a district court order dismissing with prejudice this civil rights action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against defendant Jesús Rivera-Sánchez, personally and in his official capacity as Puerto Rico's Secretary of Education.

The suit alleges constitutional violations arising from a 2010 change to the certification and enrollment...

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