PENALBERT-ROSA v. FORTUÑO-BURSET

Civil No. 09-1356CCC.

692 F.Supp.2d 206 (2010)

Maria D. PEÑALBERT-ROSA, her spouse, Sirilo Correa-Rosario, and the conjugal partnership comprised by them, Plaintiffs v. Luis FORTUÑO-BURSET, in his personal capacity and as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Luce Vela, in her individual capacity, and the conjugal partnership formed by them; Velmarie Berlingeri-Marin, in her individual and official capacity as Administrator of the Governor's Mansion, and her husband Juan Doe, and the conjugal partnership formed by them; Juan Carlos Blanco, in his individual and official capacity as Chief of Staff, and Juanita Doe, and the conjugal partnership formed by them, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo A. Vera-Ramirez, Eileen Landron-Guardiola, Luis A. Rodriguez-Munoz, Maria L. Santiago-Ramos, Landron & Vera LLP, Guaynabo, PR, Carlos Del-Valle-Cruz, Rivera & Assoc., Isabela, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Claudio Aliff-Ortiz, Eliezer Alberto Aldarondo-Lopez, Eliezer Aldarondo-Ortiz, Michael C. McCall, Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, Guaynabo, PR, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CARMEN CONSUELO CEREZO, District Judge.

The action before us, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleges violation of María Peñalbert-Rosa's1 First Amendment rights resulting from her termination of employment because of her political beliefs and denial of her Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. Plaintiff also claims that her suit is brought under the Fifth Amendment.2...

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