Pagan-Torres v. Puerto Rico Land Authority

Full title: LEIDA PAGAN-TORRES, Plaintiff v. PUERTO RICO LAND AUTHORITY, et als.…

Court: United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Date published: Apr 24, 2005

Civil No. 02-1050(DRD) (D.P.R. Apr. 24, 2005)

Opinion

Civil No. 02-1050(DRD).

April 24, 2005

ORDER

DANIEL DOMINGUEZ, District Judge

MOOT. See rulings for Docket Entry Nos. 79 and 81.

GRANTED in part. Ace Insurance Co.'s motion for summary judgment is deemed unopposed. However, motions for summary judgment shall be granted only if the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law and not because the dispositive motion remains unopposed. Rule 56(c), Fed.R.Civ.P. MOOT. The deadline self-imposed by defendants have already elapsed without oppositions to Ace Insurance Co.'s motion for summary judgment having been filed within said deadline. Further, at the Status Conference held on October 5, 2004, the Court reminded the parties that having too many cases to handle is not an excuse to fail to comply with this Court's Order. The Court, consistently, has refused to accept such excuses. See. Méndez v. Banco Popular de P.R., 900 F.2d 4,8 (1^st Cir. 1990);Pinero Schroeder v. FNMA, 574 F.2d 1117, 1118 (1^st Cir. 1978). "The fact that an attorney has other fish to fry is not an acceptable reason for disregarding a court order". Chamorro v. Puerto Rican Cars INC, 304, F.3d 1, 5 (1^st Cir., 2002). This mandate to the undersigned means: "Too many fish to fry is no excuse to fail to comply". Precisely, counsel's failure to comply fall within the doctrine set forth in Chamorro which is not an excuse to fail to comply.

IT IS SO ORDERED.