United States First Circuit

In a suit involving political discrimination and Fourteenth Amendment claims against a government employer, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the slight narrowing of employment duties does not constitute an adverse employment decision; and 2) public employees have no property interest in their job duties, therefore the agency did not deny plaintiff due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/24/2007
• Published 04/24/2007

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and DiCLERICO, JR.District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rafael G. Martínez-Géigel, with whom Emilio E. Solé-De la Paz, was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, with whom Mariana Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitor General, and Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown, Assistant Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellees.