ROSARIO-URDAZ v. VELAZCO

Nos. 04-2292, 04-2293.

433 F.3d 174 (2006)

Dorcas ROSARIO-URDAZ, Plaintiff, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Román VELAZCO, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico; Víctor Rivera-Hernández. Defendants, Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Carmen Rosario-Morales; Maira González; Angel Agosto, Defendants, Appellees. Jane Doe; Conjugal Partnership Rivera-Doe, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Víctor P. Miranda-Corrada with whom Roberto Busó-Aboy was on brief for plaintiff, appellant/cross-appellee.

Celina Romany with whom Celina Romany Law Offices was on brief for defendants, appellees/cross-appellants.

Doraliz E. Ortiz-de-León, Assistant Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Salvador Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General of Puerto Rico, and Mariana D. Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

The background to this litigation under section 1983 is easily recounted. In 1996, Dorcas Rosario-Urdaz ("Rosario-Urdaz") began work as an employee with the rank of Employee I in the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources ("DLHR"). She earned career status as an Information Representative and was rather quickly promoted to a "trust" (i.e., political) position in 1997. At that time...

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