CARRERO-OJEDA v. AUTORIDAD DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA

No. 12-2133.

755 F.3d 711 (2014)

Minerva CARRERO-OJEDA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AUTORIDAD DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA; Víctor Ruiz, in his personal and official capacities; Miguel Cordero, in his personal and official capacities; JOHN DOE, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbert Méndez Marrero for appellant.

Angel A. Valencia-Aponte for appellees Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica; Víctor Ruiz, in his official capacity; and Miguel Cordero , in his personal and official capacities.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with whom Margarita L. Mercado Echegaray , Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, was on brief, for appellee Víctor Ruiz, in his individual capacity.

Before THOMPSON, LIPEZ, and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Minerva Carrero-Ojeda ("Carrero") says that after she blew the whistle on wrongdoing in her office, her employer and her superiors retaliated against her in myriad ways. They threatened her, unjustly disciplined her, and — most relevantly for our purposes — deprived her of benefits owed to her under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, and ultimately fired her. Carrero...

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