John Hawes, Etc. v. Club Ecuestre El Comandante, Nancy Kreitzer v. Puerto Rican Cars, Inc., Daniel Ventura v. El Conquistador Hotel

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by these appeals is whether Local Rule 5 of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, which requires nondomiciliary plaintiffs to post security for costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees’ is consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Constitution of the United States. Rule 5, which became effective on June 1, 1974, provides as follows:

When the plaintiff is domiciled outside of Puerto Rico or is a foreign corporation, a bond shall be required to secure the costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees which…