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BENITEZ-GARCIA v. GONZALEZ-VEGA

No. 06-1026.

468 F.3d 1 (2006)

Israel BENITEZ-GARCIA; Damaris Diaz; Israel Benitez-Diaz; Sonia Laguer-Morales; Sonia I. Diaz-Laguer; Neftaly Carrasquillo-Carrasquillo; Carmen Milagros Amaral-Lopez; Gianna M. Carrasquillo-Amaral; Esther Hernandez-Garcia; Draska Machelly Casillas-Hernandez; Nelson Gonzalez; Milagros Laboy; Marie Ann Gonzalez-Laboy; Luis Javier Rosa-Davila; Natalia Alisha Rosa-Nieves; Sonia Cruz-Gonzalez; Elvis Alexis Maldonado-Cruz; Luis H. Mendoza-Rodriguez; Mary Luz Montanez-Serran; Lesly Ann Mendoza-Montanez; Victor Manuel Martinez-Torres; Betty Vega-Rivera; Victor Rafael Martinez-Vega; Bernard Santiago; Ivette S. Duclere; Bernard A. Santiago-Duclere; Luis R. Santiago-Torres; Arlene J. Ruiz-Diaz; Celeste Coral Santiago-Ruiz; Eliudes Camps-Marcano; Marisol Hernandez-Millan; Leishla M. Camps-Hernandez; Jorge M. Jimenez-Martinez; Frances L. Carrero-Roman; Kryst M. Jimenez-Carrero, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Adalberto GONZALEZ-VEGA; Jane Doe; Conjugal Partnership Gonzalez-Doe; Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico, Represented by Hon. Sila Maria Calderon, Governess of Puerto Rico; Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Represented by Hon. Cesar Rey; John Doe; Richard Roe; A-Z Insurance Co., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Rodrguez-Garca and Maza & Green on brief for appellants.

Susana I. Peagarcano-Brown, Assistant Solicitor General, Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana Negrn-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, and Maite D. Oronoz-Rodrguez, Deputy Solicitor General, on brief for appellees Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

By order dated November 16, 2005, the district court dismissed plaintiffs' civil rights action as a sanction for violations of three deadlines set in an oral Initial Scheduling Conference (ISC) discovery order. The order of dismissal was entered despite the fact that under the district court's local rules, plaintiffs had at least until November 18, 2005 to respond to the defendants' motion requesting this drastic sanction. The court then did...

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