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GUZMAN-RIVERA v. RIVERA-CRUZ

No. 94-2281.

55 F.3d 26 (1995)

Hector GUZMAN-RIVERA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Hector RIVERA-CRUZ, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose R. Gaztambide, with whom Luis A. Plaza and Elisa Bobonis Lang were on brief, for appellants.

Victoria A. Ferrer, with whom Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr. and Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr. Law Offices were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is the second time that this civil rights action has been before us. After being arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for a murder that he did not commit, plaintiff-appellee Hector Guzman Rivera (joined by several family members) sued the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and two other Justice Department officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants failed to timely reinvestigate the facts of the murder after...

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