R & G MORTG. CORP. v. FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTG.

No. 08-2542.

584 F.3d 1 (2009)

R & G MORTGAGE CORPORATION and R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee. Doral Bank, Putative Intervenor, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson N. Cordova-Morales, with whom Harold D. Vicente and Vicente & Cuebas were on brief, for putative intervenor.

Raul M. Arias, with whom John Oberdorfer, Samantha R. Petrich, Patton Boggs LLP, Francisco G. Bruno, Irma M. Léon González, and McConnell Valdes were on brief, for plaintiffs.

William C. Ballaine, with whom Mark S. Landman, Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford, Ricardo F. Casellas, Casellas Alcover & Burgos, P.S.C., and Kenton W. Hambrick were on brief, for defendant.

Before HOWARD, RIPPLE and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal directly challenges the denial of an attempt at post-settlement intervention and indirectly challenges the propriety of a sealing order.1 The stage is easily set. After the settlement of a sealed lawsuit to which it was not a party, Doral Bank (Doral) sought to intervene. The district court denied the motion as untimely and refused to conduct a hearing anent the propriety of the sealing order. The court...

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