COM. OF PUERTO RICO v. MUSKIE

Civ. A. Nos. 80-2117, 80-2104 and 80-2106.

507 F.Supp. 1035 (1981)

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Plaintiff, v. MUSKIE et al, Defendants. MARQUEZ et al, Plaintiffs, v. CARTER et al, Defendants. COLON et al, Plaintiffs, v. CARTER et al, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

As Amended January 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Henke, Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C., Gerardo A. Carlo, San Juan, P. R., Néstor D. Ramírez-Cuebos, Dept. of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Pedro J. Saade Llorens, Río Piedras, P. R., for plaintiffs Jorge Colón et al.

Pedro J. Varela, Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs Máquez Colón, et al.

Luis R. Dávila Colón, Dept. of State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

José E. Colón Santana, Josefina Pantoja, A. Santiago, Río Piedras, P. R., Fausto D. Godreau, Servicios Legales de Puerto Rico, Juana Diaz, P. R., for plaintiffs.

William Want and Dorothy Burakreis, U. S. Dept. of Justice, General Litigations Section, Sand Division, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

These cases arise as a result of the decision to transfer an indeterminate number of undocumented aliens1 from various points of detention in Continental United States, principally in the State of Florida, to a Department of Defense facility known as Fort Allen, which is located in the Municipality of Juana Diaz in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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