Legal Opinion
Saldana-Sanchez v. Lopez-Gerena
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2001No. 00-1703PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we review the grant of a protective order in favor of defendant-ap-pellee Julio Cesar Lopez-Gerena in his official capacity as mayor of the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Plaintiffs-appellants Nilda M. Saldana-Sanchez et al. (the “plaintiffs”) sought discovery from Lopez-Gerena in order to bolster their claim that Humacao was obliged to satisfy a judgment for punitive damages awarded them in a § 1983 action against Lopez-Gerena’s predecessor, defendant-appellee Ramon Vega-Sosa, and others. Lopez-Gerena obtained the protective order on the…
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