Legal Opinion
Morales-Feliciano v. Rullan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 15, 2002No. 01-2201PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal requires us to revisit a marathon class-action suit brought to remedy unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the Puerto Rico prison system. On this occasion, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Health (the Secretary) alleges that the district court’s assignment of certain duties to the so-called chief health care coordinator (the CHCC) constitutes an unwarranted modification of a prior injunction and, in the bargain, violates the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (codified…
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