OCASIO-HERNÁNDEZ v. FORTUÑO-BURSET

No. 13-1336.

777 F.3d 1 (2015)

Carmen M. OCASIO-HERNÁNDEZ, Gerardo Pizarro-Pizarro, Jorge L. Rodríguez-Figueroa, Ángel L. Figueroa-Rolón, Héctor G. Guerrero-Frau, Diana D. Rodríguez-Vicente, Nydia Díaz-Francisco, Carlos Santos-Rivera, Juan Carrasquillo-López, Felícita Rivera-Báez, Iván Rivera-Canales, William Burgos-Castellanos, Víctor M. Camacho-Pizarro, Ángel Báez-Torres, John Doe-01, Conjugal Partnership Doe-Ocasio, Jane Doe-01, Conjugal Partnership Pizarro-Doe, Jane Doe-02, Conjugal Partnership Rodríguez-Doe, Jane Doe-03, Conjugal Partnership Figueroa-Doe, Jane Doe-04, Conjugal Partnership Guerrero-Doe, John Doe-02, Conjugal Partnership Doe-Rodríguez, John Doe-03, Conjugal Partnership Doe-Díaz, Jane Doe-05, Conjugal Partnership Santos-Doe, Jane Doe-06, Conjugal Partnership Carrasquillo-Doe, Jane Doe-07, Conjugal Partnership Rivera-Doe, John Doe-04, Conjugal Partnership Carrasquillo-Doe, Conjugal Partnership Rivera-Doe; Conjugal Partnership Doe-Rivera, Jane Doe-08, Conjugal Partnership Burgos-Doe, Jane Doe-09, Conjugal Partnership Camacho-Doe, Jane Doe-10, Conjugal Partnership Báez-Doe, 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 and official capacity as First Lady, 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, Conjugal Partnership Fortuño-Vela, John Doe, Conjugal Partnership Doe-Berlingeri, Jane Doe, Conjugal Partnership Blanco-Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Antonio Del Valle Cruz , with whom Eileen Landrón Guardiola , Eduardo Vera Ramírez , Luis A. Rodríguez Muñoz , and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellants.

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, THOMPSON, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


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