CRISOPTIMO v. NETTLESHIP

No. 85-1675.

800 F.2d 11 (1986)

Aracelis CRISOPTIMO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Charles Jimenez NETTLESHIP, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose E. Fernandez-Sein with whom Law Offices of Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Vannessa Ramirez, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., and Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Deputy Sol. Gen., Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Decedent, Carlos Alberto Marin-Rodriquez, a pretrial detainee at the Bayamon Metropolitan Regional Institution (Bayamon) in Puerto Rico, was killed by other inmates of the jail in February 1982. The plaintiffs in this action are the decedent's father, mother, brother, and three minor daughters. They brought this action in the federal court for the District of Puerto Rico under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three defendants, all officials of...

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