USCA1 Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 97-1573

RAMON TORRES-GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

GRACIANY MIRANDA-MARCHAND,

Defendant, Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

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Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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Ramon Torres-Gonzalez on brief pro se.

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Graciany Miranda-Marchand on brief pro se.
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November 19, 1997

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Per Curiam.
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The district court properly

dismissed

plaintiff's action on res judicata grounds.

1992 action

filed the

was

action after

does not make

statutes

dismissed before

trial

the statute

of limitations

102

dismissal

action.

81

P.R.R.

of

of limitations

are treated

506,

plaintiff's

Cir.

limitations

grounds

plaintiff

509

as

One year

"substantive," not

Febo Ortego v.
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(1974).

1992

had run

Superior
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Consequently,

action barred

his

the

present

See, e.g., Rose v. Town of Harwich, 778 F.2d 77, 80___ ____ ____
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(1st

right

because

preclusion principles inapplicable.

procedural, under Puerto Rico law.

Court,
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That plaintiff's

1985)

is

of action,

(explaining that

a substantive

constitutes a

when

limitation

dismissal

dismissal

on

on

statute

of

extinguishing the

statute

of

the

merits

limitations

with

res

judicata effect).

Affirmed.
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