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AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge. Pending before the Court are: (a) Defendants’ ONE, Inc.’s, doing business as, The Wings Family, and José Amid Rodriguez’ Motion to Dismiss under FRCP 12(b)(6), filed on January 30, 2013, Docket No. 18, and (b) Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss under FRCP 12(b)(6) (DOC. 18), filed by plaintiffs on Februa

OPINION AND ORDER BRUCE J. McGIVERIN, United States Magistrate Judge. Maribel Maldonado-Cátala (“Maldonado”) brings this suit against the Municipality of Naranjito, Orlando Ortiz-Chevres, Marialis Figueroa-Negrón, José Figueroa-Nieves, Hiram Bristol-Colon, José To-más Rodríguez-Veléz, and Insurance Company ABC (collectively “the Municipality”), alleging hostile work environment and retaliation

792 F.Supp.2d 218 (2011) Ursula VAZQUEZ-BALDONADO, Plaintiff, v. Alicia DOMENECH, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 10-1251 (FAB). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. June 16, 2011. *219 Mauricio Hernandez-Arroyo, Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo Law Office, Ponce, PR, for Plaintiff. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER[1]

OPINION AND ORDER GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge. The twenty-seven named plaintiff families in the case at bar, all residents of three public housing complexes located in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (collectively “Plaintiffs”), bring a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 against Defendants asserting violations of their rights under the United States Constitution. Specifically, Plaintiffs a

DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, United States District Judge Pending before the Court are twelve (1) Motions to Dismiss and one (1) separate Motion to Joinder: (1) Defendant Banco Popular's Motion to Dismiss the Complaint (Docket No. 96); (2) Defendant Scotiabank's Motion to Dismiss under Rules 12(b)(6) (Docket No. 99); (3) Firstbank's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (Docket No. 103); (4) Motion to Dismiss F

SELYA, Circuit Judge. In this action, the plaintiffs, who once held identical appointed offices in the same government agency, claim that their ousters were rooted in politics and, thus, violated their rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a fallback, they also claim that the adverse personnel actions infringed property rights secured to them by th

357 F.Supp.2d 385 (2005) Isabel ALBURQUERQUE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Antonio FAZ ALZAMORA, et al., Defendants. No. CIV. 02-108(HL). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. December 9, 2004. *388 Antonio Borres-Otero, Esq., Fernando L. Gallardo, Esq., for Plaintiffs. Alberto O. Jimenez-Santiago, Isabel Maria Rodriguez

599 F.Supp.2d 127 (2009) Ivonne MONFORT-RODRÍGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cesar A. REY-HERNÁNDEZ, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 01-1276 (JAF). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. February 17, 2009. *130 Jesus M. Hernandez-Sanchez, Hernandez Sanchez Law Firm, Raul Barrera-Morales, Raul Barrera Morales Law Office, San Jua

OPINIONS EN BANC BREYER, Circuit Judge. These three Puerto Rican “political discharge” cases raise a single legal question: do the defendants enjoy “qualified immunity” (protecting them from liability for damages) in dismissing (1) the Director of the Board of Appeals of the Department of Social Services, Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. Zayas, 878 F.2d 1500; (2) two Zone Fire Chiefs, Figueroa-Rodrigu

SELYA, Circuit Judge. Mildred I. Goyco de Maldonado, plaintiff-appellee, sued for damages, reinstatement, and ancillary relief in the aftermath of her dismissal on February 11,1985 as first vice president of the Puerto Rico Housing Bank and Finance Agency (Housing Bank). The gravamen of her action was twofold: she claimed (1) that she lost her job because of her ties with a particular political party in derogation of her fir

878 F.2d 1478 Jose Manuel FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees,v.Aurelio LOPEZ-RIVERA, etc., Defendant, Appellant.Luis J. GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee,v.Carmen Sonia ZAYAS, etc., Defendant, Appellant.Victor M. FONTANE-REXACH, Plaintiff, Appellee,v.PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Nos. 87-1319, 87-1801, 87-1863.

783 F.Supp. 970 (1992) Bobby STOTT, Joseph Register, and Lonnie Michael Cayton, Plaintiffs, v. James G. MARTIN, et al., Defendants. Nos. 85-818-CIV-5-BR, 86-650-CIV-5-BR and 86-683-CIV-5-BR. United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division. February 12, 1992. *971 *972 Melin

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