Legal Opinion
Mendoza Toro v. Gil
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 11, 2000No. Civ. 00-1846 HLPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.
Before the Court is Plaintiffs petition for injunctive relief. Plaintiff Lilliam Mendoza Toro, an Assistant United States Attorney, seeks to enjoin Guillermo Gil, the United States Attorney, from assigning her to prosecute persons charged with trespassing on the United States Navy base in Vieques. She claims that such an assignment would violated her First Amendment rights. She asserts jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
The Court begins with bedrock. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and have an affirmative duty to determine whether they have…
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