U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Gonzalez-Rivera v. Centro Medico del Turabo, Inc.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- July 19, 2019
- Case
- Gonzalez-Rivera v. Centro Medico del Turabo, Inc.
- Case status
- Decided
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SELYA, Circuit Judge. Scheduling orders are essential tools for modern-day case management, and litigants flout such orders at their peril. This case, in which plaintiff-appellant Aglaed González-Rivera violated just such a scheduling order and suffered the consequences, illustrates the point. Because the court below acted well within the encincture of its discretion in refusing to coun…
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