Jorge Correa-Martinez v. Rene Arrillaga-Belendez

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• holding that the plaintiff’s political association claim failed because the plaintiff failed to present evidence that the defendants knew anything about his politics
• noting that plaintiff must allege discrimination on the basis of “ideology” or “partisan affiliation”
• cit-ing Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. at 517, 100 S.Ct. 1287
• to state a civil rights claim the plaintiff must set forth facts that convey “specific instances of unlawful discrimination”
• dismissal for failure to state a claim is warranted “only if it clearly appears, according to the facts alleged, that the plaintiff cannot recover on any viable theory”
• \[e]ntry into the constitutional orbit requires more than a mere relationship\

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