Legal Opinion
Rios-Campbell v. U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 2019No. 18-1420PPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It is written that "[t]o every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose." Ecclesiastes 3:1. This proverb may ring as true in federal civil procedure as in nature: because the court below, acting on a fully developed motion for summary judgment, employed a legal standard meant for use at an earlier stage of the case, its judgment must be vacated. The tale follows.
We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and procedural history. On March 5, 2015, plaintiff-appellant Lynn R. Ríos-Campbell commenced a civil action in the United States District Court for the District…
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