Legal Opinion
Vallejo v. Santini-Padilla
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 28, 2010No. 08-2586PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs Robert Vallejo, Moillis L. Batista-Cuevas, and Daniel Fructuoso sued the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, its mayor, and others in December 2006, alleging police brutality in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 and Puerto Rico law. Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their federal and commonwealth-law claims, with prejudice, as a sanction for their persistent violations of scheduling orders and other discovery misconduct. See Vallejo v. Santini-Padilla, Civ. No. 06-2235 (D.P.R. Aug. 5, 2008).
Plaintiffs’ appeal concedes to us their many…
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