Roberto Martinez Rodriguez v. Irving Jimenez and Pedro J. Rodriguez Fortier

The defendant appellants in this action have requested a stay of portions of a district court order concerning the administration of the San Juan District Jail, also known as “La Princesa”. Plaintiffs-appellees, the class of inmates at the institution, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico alleging that La Princesa was operated in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu tion. After a hearing on the merits, the district court entered a twenty paragraph order concerning the administration of La Princesa, and further ordered that the defendants…