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IGARTUA DE LA ROSA v. U.S.

No. Civ.00-1421(JP).

107 F.Supp.2d 140 (2000)

Gregorio IGARTUA DE LA ROSA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

July 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregorio Igartúa de la Rosa, Aguadilla, PR, for plaintiff.

Isabel Muñoz Acosta, Assistant United States Attorney, Hato Rey, PR, David S. Mendel, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The present political status of Puerto Rico has enslaved the United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico by preventing them from voting in Presidential and Congressional elections and therefore it is abhorrent to the most sacred of the basic safeguards contained in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States — freedom.

II. BACKGROUND

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