Torres-Rivera v. Lozada-Crespo, No. 14-1297 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseWhen the government of Puerto Rico changed hands after the November 2012 General Elections, the government passed laws to “reorganize” different agencies. One of those laws was Law 180-2013, which made the position of the Chair of the Puerto Rico Industrial Commission (PRIC) freely removable. The Governor subsequently removed Plaintiff, the then-Chair, and appointed a replacement. Plaintiff brought suit against the Governor and the new PRIC Chair, alleging violations of his First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights and violations of Puerto Rico constitutional and statutory law. The district court found that Plaintiff was likely to succeed on his due process claim and issued a preliminary injunction that vacated the appointment of his replacement and reinstated Plaintiff. The First Circuit remanded with instructions to vacate the preliminary injunction and to dismiss without prejudice Plaintiff’s due process claim, holding that Plaintiff was not entitled to federal injunctive relief for his due process claim given the conceded adequacy of Commonwealth remedies.
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