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TORRES v. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE OF PUERTO RICO

No. 89-1546.

893 F.2d 404 (1990)

Jose Antonio TORRES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SUPERINTENDENT OF the POLICE OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesus Hernandez Sanchez, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hernandez Sanchez Law Firm was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Jose O. Ramos Gonzalez, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Bayamon, P.R., and Jorge Perez Diaz, Sol. Gen., Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Jose A. Andreu Garcia Law Offices, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

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

LAFFITTE, District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants commenced this action to recover damages under Section 1983 for violation of their civil rights when they were dismissed from their jobs as police officers. Ruling on a motion to dismiss, the District Court dismissed the plaintiffs' claim because the action for wrongful termination of employment was time-barred, and because the plaintiffs failed to state a claim under Section 1983 for malicious prosecution. Plaintiffs...

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