Obdulio E. Meléndez Torra at a glance
- Current role
- Superior Court Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico · Territorial
- Judicial service
- Active
Obdulio E. Meléndez Torra
Superior Court Judge · Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Biography
Professional career
- Public records from the Tribunal General de Justicia del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico show that Obdulio E. Meléndez Torra is listed as a Juez Superior (Superior Court Judge) in the Sala Superior de San Juan
Education
Additional information
- In a case dated October 7, 2026, he presided over a motion for dismissal in El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v.
- Sánchez Valle, 192 DPR 594 (2015), and denied it.
- Court records: The Tribunal General de Justicia’s online portal allows searching by case number or judge name for current and past docket entries
- In the cited case, the court examined a motion for dismissal under the “due process” and “double jeopardy” guarantees, but the judge found the motion premature under Pueblo v.
- Efraín Ortiz Rivera, ruling that the request was premature because no trial had yet been held
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Civil actions in the Court of First Instance; preserve the publisher’s March 2023 compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Puerto Rico Rules of Evidence
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Evidence in applicable trial proceedings; Rule 103 exceptions apply; preserve the source compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Puerto Rico Rules of Criminal Procedure
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Criminal proceedings in the Court of First Instance; preserve the source compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster ↗SUMAC, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
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