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TORRES RAMIREZ v. BERMUDEZ GARCIA

No. 89-1103.

898 F.2d 224 (1990)

Rafael TORRES RAMIREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Juan BERMUDEZ GARCIA, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reina Colon de Rodriguez, for defendants, appellants. Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., Norma Cotti Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., and Jose R. Garcia Perez, Atty., Federal Litigation Div., Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for defendants, appellants.

Laura Gonzalez Bothwell, Santurce, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LAFFITTE, District Judge.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Rafael Torres Ramirez filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants Juan Bermudez Garcia and Justo Luna Cruz based on an allegedly unconstitutional arrest. A jury found liability and Torres was awarded damages. Defendants appeal. We reverse the judgment against defendant Bermudez, finding the evidence against him to be insufficient. Although we find the evidence sufficient as to defendant Luna, we...

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