VELAZQUEZ v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

Civ. No. 85-0260 (JAF).

644 F.Supp. 348 (1986)

Nestor Luis Merced VELAZQUEZ and Maria Luisa Calderon Velazquez, and the legal society composed by them as husband and wife, in their own behalf and on behalf of their minor children Nestor Luis Merced Nieves, Nesmarie Merced Calderon, and Nestor Luis Merced Calderon, Plaintiffs, v. The COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, individually and in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Superintendent of the Police Department, individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Police Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Elias Roche Santos, Badge No. 5014; Sergeant Jose Luis Cruz Rodriguez, Badge No. 8-4240, and John Doe and Richard Roe, individually and as agents of the Police Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blas C. Herrero, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Juan Rafael González-Muñoz, Federal Litigation Div., Dept. of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

Before us is a 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 complaint filed on January 25, 1985 for damages against José Cruz Rodríguez, Elías Santos, and other unknown police officers, as a result of an alleged civil rights violation. Jurisdiction has been invoked under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1343. After ample opportunity for discovery, this court held, on September 19, 1986, a final pretrial conference. The plaintiff conceded...

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