TORRES-VARGAS v. PEREIRA

No. 05-1302.

431 F.3d 389 (2005)

José A. TORRES-VARGAS et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Miguel PEREIRA et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Elsie López-Adames on brief for appellants.

Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana D. Negrón Vargas and Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitors General, and Rosa E. Pérez Agosto, Assistant Solicitor General, on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

On February 12, 2003, plaintiff-appellant José Torres-Vargas sued his employer, the Puerto Rico Police Department, and several ranking police officers in federal district court.1 He sought compensatory and punitive damages, as well as equitable relief, for persecution and a hostile work environment, allegedly motivated by political discrimination. The complaint raised a salmagundi of claims under the First and...

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