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VÉLEZ-VÉLEZ v. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY & TRANSP.

No. 14-1176.

795 F.3d 230 (2015)

SONIA I. VÉLEZ-VÉLEZ; PEDRO A. RODRÍGUEZ-CINTRÓN; and CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP RODRÍGUEZ-VÉLEZ, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; RUBÉN HERNÁNDEZ-GREGORAT, in his individual and official capacity as Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and Director of the Highway and Transportation Authority; and BRENDA GOMILA-SANTIAGO, in her individual and official capacity as Executive Director of Human Resources, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 29, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan M. Frontera-Suau , with whom Kenneth Colón and Frontera Suau Law Offices, PSC, were on brief, for appellants.

Yassmin González-Vélez , with whom Puerto Rico Legal Advocates, PSC, was on brief, for Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Rubén Hernández-Gregorat, in his official capacity, and Brenda Gomila-Santiago, in her official capacity.

Michelle Camacho Nieves , with whom Margarita Mercado-Assistant Solicitor General, Puerto Rico Department of Justice, were on brief, for Rubén Hernández-Gregorat and Brenda Gomila-Santiago, in their individual capacities.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

The question presented is whether plaintiff Sonia Vélez-Vélez's political discrimination claim was timely brought within the one-year statute of limitations for such 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions filed in Puerto Rico. We agree with the district court that the logic of the Supreme Court's decisions in Delaware State...

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