United States First Circuit

In an civil rights action arising from the termination of plaintiff from his employment as the Assistant Secretary of State for Protocol Affairs at the Puerto Rico State Department, 42 U.S.C. sections 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1988, summary judgment in favor of defendant and Rule 11 sanctions are affirmed where plaintiff's political affiliation was an appropriate basis for dismissal and the impostion of sanctions was not an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2011
• Published 07/08/2011

Judges

• TORRUELLA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel