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MARTINEZ v. COLON

No. 94-2138.

54 F.3d 980 (1995)

Wilfredo MARTINEZ, a/k/a Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Rafael COLON, a/k/a Rafael Colon Pizarro, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1995.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Mudd, Towson, MD, with whom Howard Charles and Ortiz Toro & Ortiz Brunet Law Offices, Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for appellant.

Edgardo Rodriguez-Quilichini, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Pedro Delgado Hernandez, Sol. Gen., and Carlos Lugo Fiol, Deputy Sol. Gen., Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises interesting questions about the contours of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) and the reach of the Supreme Court's core holding in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Servs. Dep't, 489 U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998, 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989). Concluding, as we do, that the court below appropriately applied DeShaney, we affirm the entry of summary judgment in the defendants' favor.

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