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COLON-MARRERO v. MUNDO-RIOS

Nos. 12-2328, 12-2329.

703 F.3d 146 (2012)

Myrna COLON-MARRERO; Josefina Romaguera Agrait, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Edwin MUNDO-RIOS, as Electoral Commissioner of the New Progressive Party (NPP), Defendant-Appellant Eder E. Ortiz-Ortiz, as Electoral Commissioner of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), Defendant-Appellee Hector J. Conty-Perez, as President of the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission; Roberto I. Aponte-Berrios, as Electoral Commissioner of the Puerto Rico Independence Party (PIP); Julio Fontanet-Maldonado, as Electoral Commissioner of the Movimiento Union Soberanista (MUS); Adrian Diaz-Diaz, as Electoral Commissioner of the Puertorriquenos por Puerto Rico (PPR); Carlos Quiros-Mendez, as Electoral Commissioner of the Partido del Pueblo Trabajador (PPT); Lillian Aponte-Dones, as Electoral Commissioner of the Partido del Pueblo Trabajador (PPT), Defendants. Myrna Colon-Marrero; Josefina Romaguera Agrait, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Hector J. Conty-Perez, as President of the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission, Defendant-Appellant Eder E. Ortiz-Ortiz, as Electoral Commissioner of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP); Defendant-Appellee Edwin Mundo-Rios, as Electoral Commissioner of the New Progressive Party (NPP); Roberto I. Aponte-Berrios, as Electoral Commissioner of the Puerto Rico Independence Party (PIP); Julio Fontanet-Maldonado, as Electoral Commissioner of the Movimiento Union Soberanista (MUS); Adrian Diaz-Diaz, as Electoral Commissioner of the Puertorriquenos por Puerto Rico (PPR); Carlos Quiros-Mendez, as Electoral Commissioner of the Partido del Pueblo Trabajador (PPT); Lillian Aponte-Dones, as Electoral Commissioner of the Partido del Pueblo Trabajador (PPT), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Antonio Del Valle Cruz , Del Valle Law Firm, Rafael Enrique Garcia-Rodon , Juan H. Saavedra-Castro , San Juan, PR, Carlos Miguel Hernandez Lopez , Mayaguez, PR, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Johanna M. Emmanuelli Huertas , Jorge Martinez-Luciano , Pedro Ortiz Alvarez Law Offices, Emil J. Rodriguez Escudero , Martinez-Luciano & Rodriguez-Escudero, PSC, San Juan, PR, Pedro E. Ortiz-Alvarez , Ponce, PR, for Defendant-Appellee.

Claudio Aliff-Ortiz , Seth Allen Erbe , David C. Indiano-Vicic , Indiano & Williams, PSC, San Juan, PR, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jose L. Nieto-Mingo , Marcos Valls-Sanchez , Admiral Insurance Company, Nelson N. Cordova-Morales , Cordova Morales , Manuel A. Rodriguez Banchs , Rodriguez Banchs CSP, John E. Mudd , Law Offices of John E. Mudd, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM.

We concluded in our order of October 18, 2012 that it would be improvident to grant plaintiff's requested relief with only 18 days remaining before the general election. Federal Court intervention on the eve of the election is even more improvident. We are wholly unpersuaded by the district court's rationale for doing so. Moreover, the district court entered its orders of November 3 and 4 after we had unanimously denied a similar request...

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