ROJAS-HERNANDEZ v. PUERTO RICO ELEC. POWER AUTH.

No. 90-1419.

925 F.2d 492 (1991)

Heibert ROJAS-HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Mudd, with whom Ortiz Toro & Ortiz Brunet, was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Vicente Santori Coll with whom Victor J. Casal Vazquez, was on brief, for defendant, appellee Cooperativa Jardines De San Ignacio.

Pedro Santiago-Torres, for defendant, appellee Puerto Rico Elec. Power Authority.

Before CAMPBELL, TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Rojas-Hernandez appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to set a trial date in his action against Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Cooperativa Jardines de San Ignacio. Because the district court's decision to delay the trial in the federal case until after the ending of a related proceeding pending in the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may deprive the plaintiff of a federal forum in which to litigate...

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