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VALDIVIESO ORTIZ v. BURGOS

No. 86-1484.

807 F.2d 6 (1986)

Jose VALDIVIESO ORTIZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Melquiades BURGOS, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Pablo Robles Robles, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose E. Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., with whom Nora L. Rodriguez-Matias, Rio Piedras, P.R., and Law Offices of Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., for appellants.

Rafael E. Garcia-Rodon, with whom Law Offices of Garcia Rodon Correa Marquez & Valderas, Hato Rey, P.R., for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the death of Jose Valdivieso Ortiz, who allegedly was beaten by guards and dealt a fatal blow to the head while an inmate at the Guayama Regional Detention Center in Puerto Rico. The narrow question before us is whether his stepfather and siblings have a constitutionally protected interest in the companionship of their adult son and brother, deprivation of which is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because we conclude...

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