MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ v. JIMENEZ

No. 76-1166.

537 F.2d 1 (1976)

Roberto MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ et al., Plaintiffs, v. Irving JIMENEZ and Pedro J. Rodriguez Fortier, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam Naveira de Rodon, Sol. Gen., and Candita R. Orlandi, Asst. Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., on application for stay pending appeal.

Francisco Lopez Romo, Santurce, P. R., Rafael Perez-Bachs, Roberto Buso Aboy, and Stanley L. Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., on memorandum in opposition thereto.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant appellants in this action have requested a stay of portions of a district court order concerning the administration of the San Juan District Jail, also known as "La Princesa". Plaintiffs-appellees, the class of inmates at the institution, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico alleging that La Princesa was operated in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

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