Rodriguez-Sanchez v. Municipality of Santa Isabel, No. 09-2635 (1st Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseAfter an election, in which the political party that had been in power in the municipality for eight years lost power, the new mayor hired a consultant to evaluate the budget. In response to the report, which indicated severe financial problems, several employees were terminated and sue, claiming deprivation of due process and political discrimination, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1983. The district court entered summary judgment for defendants. The First Circuit affirmed. The reorganization was bona fide, not pretextual, and would have been implemented regardless of the employees' political affiliations. There was no evidence that the mayor knew the political affiliations of the employees.
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