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HERNANDEZ-AGOSTO v. ROMERO-BARCELO

No. 84-1802.

748 F.2d 1 (1984)

Miguel HERNANDEZ-AGOSTO, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico on his Behalf and as Representative of the Senate of Puerto Rico and of the Judicial Commission of the Senate, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos ROMERO-BARCELO, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcos A. Ramirez Lavandero, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Marcos A. Ramirez and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Philip A. Lacovara, Washington, D.C., with whom Geoffrey F. Aronow, Roger P. Fendrich, William H. Voth, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., and Amancio Arias Cerstero, Santurce, P.R., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

The Senate of Puerto Rico asks us to issue a writ of mandamus requiring the federal district court to return to the Commonwealth courts the Senate's "subpoena enforcement action" against the Commonwealth's Governor. The Senate issued the subpoena in question in April 1984, in connection with its investigation of events at Cerro Maravilla. In May, the Governor told the Senate he would not comply. In August, the Senate...

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