MORALES FELICIANO v. RULLAN

No. 01-2201.

303 F.3d 1 (2002)

Carlos MORALES FELICIANO et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. John RULLAN, Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Health, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Del Valle, with whom Anabelle Rodriguez, Attorney General, Eileen Landrón Guardiola, and Eduardo A. Vera Ramirez were on brief, for appellant.

Alejandra Bird Lopez, with whom Carlos V. García Gutiérrez, Manuel Rodríguez Banchs, Rafael E. Rodrígues Rivera, and Civil Action and Education Corporation were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This interlocutory appeal requires us to revisit a marathon class-action suit brought to remedy unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the Puerto Rico prison system. On this occasion, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Health (the Secretary) alleges that the district court's assignment of certain duties to the so-called chief health care coordinator (the CHCC) constitutes an unwarranted modification of a prior injunction and...

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