United States First Circuit

In a suit against the government of Puerto Rico alleging violations of plaintiff's civil rights resulting from the denial of accommodations at work for her arthritis, dismissal of plaintiff's claim is affirmed where the Commonwealth was immune from all claims under Title I of the ADA and the plaintiff disregarded the district court's order to show cause. Denial of plaintiff's motion to amend is reversed where the motion harbored none of the defects that would have justified its denial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2007
• Published 09/06/2007

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and DiCLERICO, JR., Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nicolás Nogueras, Jr. and Juan José Nolla-Acosta, on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown, Assistant Solicitor General, Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, and Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitor General, on brief, for appellees.