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GONZALEZ-VEGA v. HERNANDEZ-COLON

No. 88-1484.

866 F.2d 519 (1989)

Alfredo GONZALEZ-VEGA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Hon. Rafael HERNANDEZ-COLON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivonne Gonzalez Morales with whom Frank Rodriguez Garcia was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jose A. Andreu Garcia with whom Hon. Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Hon. Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Atty. Gen., and Andreu Garcia & Andreu Garcia were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c) mandates that a notice of appeal "shall specify the party or parties taking the appeal." The Supreme Court has explained that this specificity about who is appealing is a jurisdictional requirement. Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co., ___ U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 2405, 2408, 101 L.Ed.2d 285 (1988). Thus, a court of appeals lacks the power to entertain an appeal from a party who is not specified in the notice of appeal...

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