RIVERA-TORRES v. REY-HERNANDEZ

No. 06-2495.

502 F.3d 7 (2007)

Nelson RIVERA-TORRES et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Cesár REY-HERNÁNDEZ et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco R. González Colón, with whom F.R. González Law Office was on brief, for appellants.

Luis Rodríguez Muñoz, with whom Roberto Sánchez Ramos, Secretary of Justice, Salvador Antonetti Stutts, Solicitor General, Eduardo Vera Ramírez, and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before HOWARD, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and DYK, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Bard of Avon once warned that "delays have dangerous ends." William Shakespeare, The First Part of King Henry the Sixth act 3, sc. 2. This case, in which the plaintiffs procrastinated for the better part of three years and cavalierly flouted the discovery deadlines announced by the district court, bears out that admonition. The tale follows.

The pertinent facts are easily summarized. The sixty-four plaintiffs claim to...

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