United States First Circuit

In a suit against four higher-ranking officials in the Department of Justice alleging that they retaliated against plaintiff for exercising his First Amendment rights, no reasonable jury could have rejected the defense of the government officials that they would have given plaintiff negative evaluations and extended his probationary period even in the absence of his protected conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2003
• Published 08/07/2003

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Irma R. Valldejuli for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roberto Márquez-Sanchez, with whom Law Offices of Benjamin Acosta, Jr., was on brief, for appellees Pierluisi and Morales., Leticia Casulduc Rabell, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Roberto J. Sanchez Ramos, Solicitor General, and Vanessa Lugo Flores, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellees Alvarez and Sanchez.