MARTINEZ-RIVERA v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

No. 13-1772.

812 F.3d 69 (2016)

Edna MARTÍNEZ-RIVERA, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor child, RCM; Lydia Rivera-O'Farril; Lydia Martínez-Rivera, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; Department of Justice of Puerto Rico; Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico; Vocational Rehabilitation Administration; Nydia Colón-Zayas, Myrna Cambrelen, Juan Ortiz-Ortiz, Enrique Del Cueto-Pérez, all in their official and personal capacities, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Rodríguez García , with whom Rodríguez García PSC was on brief, for appellants.

Roberto Ariel Fernández , with whom González Castañer PSC was on brief, for appellees.

Before Torruella, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


Overview

Edna Martínez Rivera ("Martínez") is a former employee of Puerto Rico's Vocational Rehabilitation Administration ("VRA"), an agency tasked with integrating persons with disabilities into the workforce. Sometime after the VRA let her go, Martínez filed a federal-court suit against the defendants...

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