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GUTIERREZ-RODRIGUEZ v. CARTAGENA

Nos. 88-1881, 88-1882.

882 F.2d 553 (1989)

Carlos A. GUTIERREZ-RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Desiderio CARTAGENA and Domingo Alvarez, Defendants, Appellants. Carlos A. GUTIERREZ-RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Pedro N. SOTO and Edwin F. Gotay, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1989.

As Amended August 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zuleika Llovet, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Bayamon, P.R., Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., John F. Nevares and Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for Desiderio Cartagena and Domingo Alvarez.

Ivonne Gonzalez Morales for Pedro N. Soto and Edwin F. Gotay.

Judith Berkan, Santurce, P.R., with whom Peter Berkowitz, Jose Antonio Lugo and Lugo & Berkowitz, Hato Rey, P.R., were on briefs for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the unwarranted shooting of plaintiff-appellee, Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, by police officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Plaintiff, rendered a paraplegic as a result of the shooting, sued the officers involved and their supervisors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that their actions and omissions deprived him of his constitutional rights. The jury returned a...

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