Oscar Cruz v. Melecio

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ordering abstention in light of state-court proceedings that were both more advanced and more comprehensive than the parallel federal court action
• counseling abstention “until the proceedings presently pending before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court have run their course”
• counseling abstention “until the proceedings presently pending before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court have run their course”
• rejecting pro se prisoner’s motion filed more than 180 days after 3 15 entry of judgment
• affirming summary judgment for defendant on retaliation claim 19 where plaintiff alleged that retaliation occurred “six or seven months” after protected 20 speech
• stay appropriate even where case “arguably does not fit into any of the established doctrinal boxes”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).