Marcano-Arroyo v. KMART, Inc. ( 2000 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION — NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
No. 00-1267
MARIA MARCANO-ARROYO,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
K-MART, INC., ETC.,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Héctor M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Circuit Judge,
Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,
and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
Miguel A. Pérez Vargas and Daliah Lugo Auffant on brief for
appellant.
María T. Ferrán Pérez-Benitoa, Juan B. Soto Bálbas, and
Mercado & Soto on brief for appellee.
September 20, 2000
Per Curiam. In this appeal, the plaintiff challenges
the district court's dismissal of her civil action on the ground
of res judicata. See Marcano-Arroyo v. K-Mart, Inc., No. 97-
1986 (HL), slip op. (D.P.R. Dec. 22, 1999). We previously have
acknowledged that when a trial judge accurately takes the
measure of a case and articulates a convincing rationale, "an
appellate court should refrain from writing at length to no
other end than to hear its own words resonate." Lawton v. State
Mut. Life Assur. Co., 101 F.3d 218, 220 (1st Cir. 1996); accord
Cruz-Ramos v. Puerto Rico Sun Oil Co., 202 F.3d 381, 383 (1st
Cir. 2000); Ayala v. Union de Tronquistas, Local 901, 74 F.3d
344, 345 (1st Cir. 1996); Holders Capital Corp. v. California
Union Ins. Co. (In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig.),
989 F.2d 36, 38 (1st Cir. 1993). This is such a case.
Consequently, we affirm the judgment below for substantially the
reasons elucidated in Chief Judge Laffitte's thoughtful
rescript.
We add only that subsequent to the date of Chief Judge
Laffitte's decision, this court decided Boateng v. Interamerican
Univ., 210 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2000). The principles enunciated
in Boateng are controlling here, and leave no doubt but that
Marcano's action is barred under the doctrine of res judicata.
See id. at 61-63. We need go no further.
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Affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27(c).
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