VILLALOBOS v. NORTH CAROLINA GROWERS ASS'N INC.

No. CIV.97-1589(JAG).

252 F.Supp.2d 1 (2002)

Maximo VILLALOBOS, et als. Plaintiffs v. NORTH CAROLINA GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC., et als. Defendants

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio M. Lopez-Keelan, P.R. Legal Services, Migrant Workers Division, San Juan, PR, Mary Lee Hall, Lori Elmer, Alice Tejada, Legal Services North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, for Maximo Villalobos, Teodoro Cabrera, Carlos Enrique Perez, Efrain Flores, Jose Enrique Lugo, Domingo Colon, George Acosta, Radames Pacheco, Manuel Aponte, Clayton Maldonado, Edson Cupeles, Nelson Sanabria, Juan Garcia, Luis Hernandez, Israel Martinez, Alfredo Nazario, Ricardo Matos, Jaime Nazario, Juan Nieves, Carlos Perez, Hector Soto, Jose Ponce, Israel Rivera, Richard Rivera, Enrique Rivera, Jose Soto, Hector Perez, Rafael Velez, Juan Velez, Enrique Velez, Justino Acevedo, Heriberto Alvarez, Efrain Alvarez, Daniel Alvarez, Luis Angel Alvarez, Jesus Barreto, Miguel Camacho, Edison Camacho, Heriberto Cruz, Edwin Echevarria, Edwin Febus, Felix Felicier, Abraham Garayua, Louis Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jose Lopez, Santiago Lopez, Flor Lugo, Saturnino Medina, Heriberto Muriel, David Orengo, Ismael Ramirez, Israel Reyes, Jesus Rivas, Luis Rivera, Alberto Rivera, William Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez-Valentin, Pedro Sanchez, Carlos Santiago, Orlando Serrano, Jose Luis Vasquez, Manuel Vega, Baltazar Ortiz, Roberto Christian, Martin Hernandez, Wilson Morales, Roberto Rosa.

Ivonne M. Olmo-Rios, Corpus Christi, TX, for Luis Bassatt.

Ivonne M. Olmo-Rios, Corpus Christi, TX, Ricardo Alfonso-Garcia, Civil Action and Education Corporation, San Juan, PR, for Carlos Ruben Rios.

Mary Lee Hall, Lori Elmer, Alice Tejada, Legal Services North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, Ivonne M. Olmo-Rios, Corpus Christi, TX, Ricardo Alfonso-Garcia, Civil Action and Education Corporation, San Juan, PR, for Jose Raul Rios.

Julio M. Lopez-Keelan, P.R. Legal Services, Migrant Workers Division, San Juan, PR, Mary Lee Hall, Lori Elmer, Alice Tejada, Legal Services North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, Ricardo Alfonso-Garcia, Civil Action and Education Corporation, San Juan, PR, for Dario Llantin.

Armando Cardona-Acaba, Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc., San Juan, PR, Julio M. Lopez-Keelan, P.R. Legal Services, Migrant Workers Division, San Juan, PR, for All plaintiffs.

Luis D. Ortiz-Abreu, Goldman Antonetti & Cordova, San Juan, PR, Amy M. Habib, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Brad Newsome, North Carolina Growers Association, Inc., Phillip Aycock, Aycock Brothers, Inc, Doyle Cromer, Larry Eason, Robert Farmer, Moses Farmer, Bob Hendrix, Kevin Newsome dba Newsome Brothers, Neil Newsome dba Newsome Brothers, John Mclnnis, Larry Butner, Tommy Dalrymple dba Dalrymple Brothers Farms, Jeffrey Upchurch dba Upchurch Farms, Jimmy Ross, Nelson Phillips, Jarvis McDonald dba Carter Farms, Lela M. Carter dba Carter Farms, Erwin Wood, Larry Riggs, David Godwin dba Godwin & Son Farm, Hursel Johnson dba Johnson Brothers, R.D. Lee dba R.D. Lee Farms, Inc., Robert Tyndall dba Spring Branch Farms, Miles Jackson, Dennis Smith, Albert Slaughter, Bruce Robertson, Morris Murphy, Bobby Ham, Bobby Ham, Inc., Wayne Kelly, Ernest Evans, Chester Pilson, Steve Grady, L.C. Honeycutt, Double H Farms, Inc., Jack Strader dba S & S Farms, Steve Thomas, Kerry Venable, Leonard Wester dba Wester Farms, Ricky Carter dba Hill's Horn of Plenty, Bert Dixon dba Dixie Greene Farms, O.G. Douglas, G.C. Douglas, Paul Douglas, Kent Bennett dba Bennett Farms, Gregg Bennett dba Bennett Farms, Dean Moore, Daniel Lee Nelson, Ann Farrington Nelson, Marcus Thigpen, Roger Vaughn, Randy Rosser, Cabell Early, Raymond Foster dba Edwards and Foster Farm, Ted West, Circle W Farms, Inc., Ken Troxler, Terry Neal dba Neal Farms.

Monte B. Lake, Guinnes & Williams, Washington, DC, Luis D. Ortiz-Abreu, Goldman Antonetti & Cordova, San Juan, PR, Amy M. Habib, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, W. Randolph Loftis, Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLD, Winston-Salem, NC, for All defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are defendants' objections to Magistrate Judge Justo Arenas' Report and Recommendation. (Docket No. 187.) The Magistrate Judge recommends that defendants' motion for partial summary judgment be DENIED (Docket No. 115) and that co-plaintiff Jose Enrique Lugo's claim for retaliation be DISMISSED. All parties previously have been furnished...

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