Legal Opinion
Corporacion De Servicios Medicos Hospitalarios De Fajardo v. Izquierdo Mora (In Re Corporacion De Servicios Medicos Hospitalarios De Fajardo)
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 25, 1986No. Civ. Nos. 85-2029 (JAF), 86-0363 (JAF) and 86-0364 (JAF), Misc. No. 86-0030 (JAF), Bankruptcy No. 85-553(B), Adv. No. 85-229PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
On April 23, 1986, at 4:33 P.M., the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed before this Court a Motion for Stay Pending Appeal. 1
As directed by the Court of Appeals, a petitioner must first seek from the district court a ruling on a motion for stay pending appeal. Fed.R.App.P. 8(a), Fed.R.Civ.P. 62. The Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 8(a) contemplate that since the district court has considered the case on its merits, it is most familiar with the record. Therefore, with some exceptions, the district court should initially “exercise the nice…
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