United States First Circuit

In plaintiffs' suit against the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, its mayor, and others alleging police brutality, district court's dismissal of the federal and commonwealth-law claims with prejudice, as a sanction for persistent violations of scheduling orders and other discovery misconduct, is affirmed as plaintiffs' arguments are waived as none were timely presented to the district court and, even looking beyond the waiver, on the facts the district court did not abuse its discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/28/2010
• Published 05/28/2010

Judges

• LYNCH, Chief Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda George, Law Office of Linda George, Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo, and Emilio E. Sole de la Paz on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Solicitor General, Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Deputy Solicitor General, Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón, Deputy Solicitor General, and Michelle Camacho-Nieves, Assistant Solicitor General, on brief for appellees José Bejaran, FNU Olmedo, and FNU Acevedo., Frank Gotay-Barquet and Gotay & Pérez, P.S.C. on brief for appellee Anthony Ayala., Michael C. McCall and Aldarondo & López Bras on brief for appellees Elieser Rosario-Gerena and Juan Carlos Cruz-Pérez., Ernesto Rovira-Gándara and Mercado & Soto on brief for appellees Mayor Jorge Santini-Padilla, the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Col. Adalberto Mercado-Cuevas, and Sgt. Wanda Gómez., Luz Vanessa Ruiz-Torres and Rosario-Rosario Law Offices on brief for appellee City of San Juan., Jorge R. Quintana-Lajara and Quintana & Suárez, P.S.C. on brief for appellee Héctor Santana., Antonio Montalvo-Nazario on brief for appellee Capt. Adán Adorno., Rosabel Meléndez-Rodríguez and Toledo & Toledo Law Office on brief for appellee Luz Z. Rojas-Delgado.