CRUZ v. SAVAGE

No. 88-1770.

896 F.2d 626 (1990)

Juan E. CRUZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Robert SAVAGE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria H. Sandoval, with whom Law Office of Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Isabel Munoz Acosta, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal of an order and opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico which imposed sanctions in the amount of $3,000.00 against plaintiffs' counsel, pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and section 1927 of Title 28 of the United States Code. Fed.R.Civ.P. 11; 28 U.S.C. § 1927. The plaintiffs-appellants in this action are Monica Cruz, an eighteen year-old high school...

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