RIVERA-DIAZ v. HUMANA INSURANCE OF PUERTO RICO

No. 13-1475.

748 F.3d 387 (2014)

Giovanni RIVERA-DÍAZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. HUMANA INSURANCE OF PUERTO RICO, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José Enrico Valenzuela-Alvarado , with whom Carmen I. Ballesté-Frank and Valenzuela-Alvarado, LLC were on brief, for appellants.

Carlos Concepción-Castro for appellee Caribbean Temporary Services.

Elizabeth Pérez-Lleras , with whom Carl Schuster and Schuster Aguiló LLP were on brief, for remaining appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

When federal rights-creating statutes are conditioned upon the prior exhaustion of administrative remedies, time limits are often an essential part of the regulatory scheme. In this case, the plaintiff managed to trip over not one, but two, of these temporal benchmarks. Accordingly, the district court dismissed his complaint. After careful consideration, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Inasmuch as this appeal follows the granting of...

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