GARCIA v. DE BATISTA

No. 80-1205.

642 F.2d 11 (1981)

Adrian Lopez GARCIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Irba Cruz DE BATISTA et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos V. Garcia Gutierrez, Santurce, P. R., for appellant.

Lorraine Riefkohl de Lopez, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hector A. Colon Cruz, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Adrian Lopez Garcia, appeals from the dismissal of this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several employees and officials of the Corrections Administration of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He claims that his recommitment to prison from a "halfway house" without notice or a prior hearing failed to comport with the requirements of procedural due process. Plaintiff's prayer for injunctive relief became moot when...

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