REYES-PÉREZ v. STATE INS. FUND CORP.

No. 13-1375.

755 F.3d 49 (2014)

Roberto REYES-PÉREZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. STATE INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION; Zoimé Álvarez-Rubio, Saúl Rivera-Rivera, Mayra Domenech, Jorge García-Ortiz, in their individual capacities, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celina Romany for appellant.

Damaris Ortiz González , with whom Ángel Muñoz-Noya and Sifre & Muñoz-Noya PSC were on brief, for appellee State Insurance Fund Corporation.

Susana I. Peñagarícano Brown , with whom Michelle Camacho-Nieves , Assistance Solicitor General, and Margarita Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, were on brief, for individual capacity appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, THOMPSON and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, attorney Roberto Reyes-Pérez, who had been favored in his public employment with a trust position at Puerto Rico's State Insurance Fund Corporation (SIFC) during the period his political party, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), was in power, was moved into a career position at the SIFC as it became clear the opposing party might win an upcoming election. Had he remained in a trust position, the new administration could have removed...

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