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OPINION AND ORDER DELGADO-HERNÁNDEZ, District Judge. This is an action for damages originating in a nursing home’s failure to provide proper care. Defendants denied liability. Before the Court is ACE Insurance Company’s “Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings” (Docket No. 145), which plaintiffs and two of the defendants opposed (Docket Nos. 164 and 170). For the reasons explained below, the motion is DENIED

660 F.Supp.2d 157 (2009) Angel FEBUS-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs v. Enrique QUESTELL-ALVARADO, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 06-1627(SEC). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. September 18, 2009. Opinion Denying Reconsideration October 2, 2009. *161 Frank D. Inserni-Milam, Frank D. Inserni Law Office,

(2007) Nivia FRATICELLI-TORRES, et al., Plaintiffs v. CDT Dr. Arnaldo GARCIA RIVERA, et al., Defendants v. Dr. Luis Martinez, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Civil No. 04-1639 (FAB). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. August 13, 2007. OPINION AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge. On September 14, 2005, plaintiffs Nivia Fraticel

SELYA, Circuit Judge, (concurring in part and dissenting in part). I join unreservedly in the majority’s treatment of two of these cases, and write separately only to comment on the consolidated appeals concerning the two professional firefighters, Jose Manuel Figueroa Rodriguez and Luis Raul Roig Perez. As I stated in the panel opinion in the firefighters’ cases, 878 F.2d 1

OPINION AND ORDER PIERAS, District Judge. Plaintiffs, Jose Manuel Figueroa Rodriguez and Luis Raul Roig Pérez, brought this action for backpay, damages, declaratory relief and injunctive relief against Aurelio López Rivera, individially and as Chief of the Fire Service (herein “FS”) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs allege a cause of action arising under the Firs

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge. In settling a civil lawsuit against public officials, the parties in this case convinced the district court to issue a report that the parties and the district court have treated as a gag order barring the parties from disclosing the terms and conditions of the settlement. In short order, Erasmo Rodriguez-Vázquez (“Rodríguez”), a lawyer assisting one of th

218 F.Supp.2d 79 (2002) Maria E. GOMEZ CANDELARIA, et al., Plaintiffs v. Jose A. RIVERA RODRIGUEZ, the Municipality of Gurabo and Luz E. Rivera Oyola, Defendants No. CIV. 01-1391(JP). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. June 27, 2002. *80 *81 Pablo Landrau-Pirazzi, Ivan M. Castro-Ort

GARCIA-GREGORY, D.J. On April 11, 2018, Mr. Pedro Ruiz-Lugo ("Plaintiff")1 filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his employer, the Municipality of San Juan ("MSJ"),2 alleging "political discrimination, constructive dismissal, and deprivation of

ORDER GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, District Judge. Before the court is Plaintiffs’ motion for contempt as to the Municipality of San Juan and the urbanization of Los Arboles de Montehiedra Community Association (“Los Arboles”) for not allowing Plaintiffs’ to engage in door-to-door ministry. (See Docket No. 885.) Los Arboles opposed the motion (Docket No. 894), arguing that their actions are not i

LYNCH, Circuit Judge. In the 1970’s inmates brought litigation alleging that conditions at the Puerto Rico prisons were unconstitutional; this result *52 ed in a number of findings of constitutional violations and federal court remedial orders. See generally Morales Feliciano v. Rullan,

SELYA, Circuit Judge. These appeals involve claims of politically motivated discharges. The twenty-four plaintiffs, all former employees of the Municipality of Gurabo (the Municipality), are members of the New Progressive Party (NPP). They sued three defendants — the Municipality, its mayor, José A. Rivera Rodriguez (the Mayor), and its human resources director, Luz E. Rivera-Oyol

OPINION HOLLIS HORTON, Justice. Luis Enrique Rivera appeals his conviction for capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp.2012).1 Rivera, along with Luis Antonio Menen-dez, were indicted for the murder of Pedro Rodriguez, committed in the course of robbing Jaime Gonzalez. Rivera raises several issues in his appeal, contending (1) the trial court

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL ESPECIAL1 LUIS ALBERTO VILLANUEVA Apelación CRUZ, ET AL. procedente del Tribunal de Primera Apelados Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo

SELYA, Circuit Judge. We confront today a script that has become all too familiar in Puerto Rico: employees of a government agency decry as political discrimination adverse employment actions taken in the wake of an election that produced a regime change. The court below ruled, among other things, that the complaint failed to state a claim for relief because it did not assert fact

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL VI LAUREN DE PABLO Apelación VÁZQUEZ Y OTROS procedente del Tribunal de Demandantes-Apelados Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina v. KLAN202400175

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL ESPECIAL1 LUIS ALBERTO VILLANUEVA Apelación CRUZ, ET AL. procedente del Tribunal de Primera Apelados Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. After a jury convicted Defendants-Appellants José Laureano-Salgado, Pedro Ramirez-Rivera, and Ismael Cruz-Ramos (collectively, “the Defendants”) 1 of *12 numerous drug and gun crimes, a district court judge sentenced t

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL ESPECIAL ANTONIO TORRES Apelación FERRER y la SUCESIÓN procedente del DE AGUSTÍN SILVA Tribunal de RAMÍREZ compuesta por Primera Instancia, AGUSTÍN SILVA Sala Superior de MONTALVO Mayagüez-

El Juez Asociado Señor Kolthoff Caraballo emitió la opinión del Tribunal. Este caso nos permite determinar cuál es el foro con jurisdicción para atender una causa de acción al amparo del estatuto federal conocido como Head Start Act, infra, entre otras disposiciones como la Ley de Derechos Civiles federal, infra, presentada por una empleada pública que trabaja como Directora del Programa Head

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL DE APELACIONES PANEL I Apelación CARMEN VIGO procedente del RODRÍGUEZ Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Apelada KLAN202400694 Sala de San Juan v. Caso Núm.: