Legal Opinion
Ocasio Ortiz v. Betancourt Lebron
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided December 15, 1992No. Civ. No. 91-2425 HLPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, District Judge.
Before the Court is a motion to dismiss filed by five codefendants in this action: (1) Ramon Sanchez Rosario, (2) Fernando Diaz de Jesus, (3) Hector L. Ocasio, (4) Jose A. Rivera and (5) Miguel Solía (the “Moving Codefendants”). The Moving Codefendants argue that the Amended Complaint does not relate back to the date of the original Complaint and consequently that the action against them is time-barred. Plaintiffs, in turn, have urged the Court to adopt the relation back and John Doe rules of Puerto Rico in assessing the timeliness of the proposed…
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