
USCA1 Opinion

	




        October 3, 1994         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 93-2351                                MARTHA MARRERO-RIVERA,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                              THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,                       THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,                                        _____________                            Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,                                    ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                                 ____________________            Francisco M. Dolz-Sanchez for appellant.            _________________________            Carlos Lugo  Fiol, Deputy Solicitor  General, with  whom Pedro  A.            _________________                                        _________        Delgado-Hernandez, Solicitor General, was on brief for appellee.        _________________                                 ____________________                                 ____________________               Per  curiam.    The  district court  dismissed  this  action               ___________          because  of appellant's  failure  to comply  with specific  court          orders and discovery deadlines.  We have carefully considered the          arguments  raised on appeal, but find no basis for disturbing the          district court's discretionary decision  to dismiss the case with          prejudice.  See HMG Property Investors, Inc. v. Parque Industrial                      ___ ____________________________    _________________          Rio  Canas, 847  F.2d 908,  916 (1st  Cir. 1988)  ("Courts cannot          __________          function if litigants may,  with impunity, disobey lawful orders.          It has long  been the  rule that federal  courts possess  plenary          authority  `to  manage their  own affairs  so  as to  achieve the          orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.'")  Accordingly, we          affirm its judgment.                                          -2-
