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SOTO v. FLORES

No. 96-1024.

103 F.3d 1056 (1997)

Flor Maria SOTO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos FLORES, et al. Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Enrique Colon Santana, with whom Gary Broida, Rio Pierdas, PR, was on brief, for appellant.

Vannessa Ramirez, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

On April 21, 1991, Angel Rodriguez shot to death his two young children and then killed himself. This tragedy occurred four days after Rodriguez's wife, Flor Maria Soto, complained to the police about the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at Rodriguez's hands. The police, knowing Rodriguez had threatened to kill Soto and her family if Soto went to the police to have him jailed for his spousal abuse, nonetheless violated their obligations...

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