United States First Circuit

Plaintiffs have alleged sufficiently adverse employment actions to sustain their retaliation claims, and the contours of their First Amendment rights were clearly established as a matter of law. As denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is not a final order, however, the court lacks jurisdiction to review the determination that issues of fact exist as to defendants' motivation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2004
• Published 03/29/2004

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eduardo A. Vera-Ramírez, with whom Anabelle Rodríguez, Secretary of Justice, Landrón & Vera, LLP, and Eileen Landrón-Guardiola, were on brief, for appellants Pedro Pierluisi, Lydia Morales, Domingo Alvarez, Miguel Gierbolini, Ismael Castro, Ernesto Fernández., Esther Castro-Schmidt, with whom Anabelle Rodríguez, Secretary of Justice, were on brief, for appellants José Fuentes-Agostini and Aníbal Torres.


• For Appellees:
  
• Irma R. Valldejuli, on brief for appellee Claribel Rivera-Jiménez., Mariángela Tirado-Vales, on brief for appellee Elisbel Maldonado-Rivera.