Maymi v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority

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• ruling that without a § 1985 conspiracy, a plaintiff “has no claim under § 1986”
• recognizing that both an official's political affiliation and her \substantive views on agency matters\ are permissible justifications for firing or demotion when she occupies a policymaking role (citing Flynn v. City of Boston, 140 F.3d 42, 47 (1st Cir. 1998))
• holding that a plaintiff plausibly pleads a procedural due process violation by showing (i) that she is a public employee with a property interest in her continued employment; and (ii) that the defendant deprived her of this property interest without due process
• affirming summary judgment where plaintiff failed to show alleged adverse employment actions occurred based on her political opinions and thus failed to make a prima facie showing of political discrimination
• allegations that plaintiff was reinstated to a career position with inferior duties and a decreased salary were insufficient to cross the- constitutional threshold
• allegations that plaintiff was dismissed from trust position and reinstated to a career position with inferior duties and decreased salary considered insufficient to cross constitutional threshold

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).