ORTA RIVERA v. CONGRESS OF U.S. OF AMERICA

No. CIV.03-1684 (SEC).

338 F.Supp.2d 272 (2004)

Josue ORTA RIVERA Plaintiff v. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et als. Defendants

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angel L. Morales-Rodriguez, Nicolas Nogueras-Cartagena, Nicolas Nogueras, Jr. Law Offices, San Juan, PR, for Josue Orta-Rivera, Plaintiff.

Grant R. Vinik, Office Senate Legal Counsel, Morgan J. Frankel, Office Senate Legal Counsel, Patricia Mack Bryan, Office Senate Legal Counsel, Thomas E. Caballero, Office Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, DC, for Congress of the United States of America, Ted Stevens, Richard B. Cheney, William H. Pickle, Emily Reynolds, Dennis Hastert, Jeff Trandahl, Daniel Akaka, Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, George Alleg, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Robert Bennett, Joseph Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Christopher Bond, Barbara Boxer, Sam Brownback, John Breaux, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Robert Byrd, Ben Campbell, Maria Cantwell, Thomas Carper, Lincoln Chafee, Saxby Chambliss, Hilary Clinton, Thad Cochran, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Kent Conrad, John Cornyn, Jon Corzine, Larry Craig, Michael Crapo, Thomas Daschle, Mark Dayton, Mike Dewine, Christopher Dodd, Elizabeth Dole, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Richard Durbin, John Edwards, John Ensign, Michael Enzi, Russell Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Peter Fitzgerald, Bill Frist, Bob Graham, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Chuck Hagel, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Ernest Hollings, Kay Hutchinson, James Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, James Jeffords, Tim Johnson, Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CASELLAS, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is the U.S. Senate's and House of Representatives' (Defendants) respective motions to dismiss the above captioned matter (Dockets 6 & 10). Plaintiff has opposed both motions (Dockets 15 & 22). After carefully examining the parties' arguments and the applicable law, we will GRANT Defendants' motions...

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