COLLINS v. MARTINEZ

Civ. No. 89-1095 (JP).

709 F.Supp. 311 (1989)

Delwood C. COLLINS, Plaintiff, v. Manuel Marina MARTINEZ, personally, and in his official capacity as former Acting Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico; the Conjugal Partnership of Manuel Marina Martińez and "Jane Doe"; Matthew Kessler, personally and in his official capacity as Director of the Caribbean Primate Research Center; the Conjugal Partnership of Matthew Kessler and Ava Gaa; Carlos Torres Colondres, personally, and in his official capacity as Administrative Director of the Caribbean Primate Research Center; the Conjugal Partnership of Carlos Torres Colondres and "Jane Doe"; Dan C. Williams, personally, and in his official capacity as a Veterinarian at the Caribbean Primate Research Center; the Conjugal Partnership of Dan C. Williams and Maria Williams; Fernando Agrait, personally, and in his official capacity as President of the University of Puerto Rico; the Conjugal Partnership of Fernando Agraít and Laura González; Jose M. Saldaña, personally, and in his official capacity as Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico; the Conjugal Partnership of José M. Saldaña and Delia Quilichini de Saldaña; Amalia Martińez Pico, personally, and in her official capacity as Dean of Academic Affairs; Nectar Torregrosa, personally, and in her official capacity as former Interim Dean of Medicine; The Conjugal Partnership of Néctar Torregrosa and "John Doe"; and, Nydia de Jesús, personally and her official capacity as Dean of Medicine at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico; the Conjugal Partnership of Nydia de Jesús and "John Doe"; the University of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

María H. Sandoval, Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., for Delwood C. Collins.

Juan A. Moldes-Rodríguez, San Juan, P.R., for codefendant University of Puerto Rico Central Admin.

Ismael E. Marrero, Hato Rey, P.R., for codefendants Kessler, Williams and Torres.

Rubén T. Nigaglioni, Ledesma, Palou & Miranda, Hato Rey, P.R., for other codefendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

The University of Puerto Rico maintains a colony of rhesus monkeys and other primates in Puerto Rico, in a facility known as the Caribbean Primate Research Center (CPRC). An administrative branch of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University, the CPRC uses its primates for medical research. In 1982, Dr. Delwood Collins, a man "of whom something was expected,"1 appeared upon the scene...

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