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PARRILLA-BURGOS v. HERNANDEZ-RIVERA

No. 96-1136.

108 F.3d 445 (1997)

Amarilis PARRILLA-BURGOS, et al., Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. Felix HERNANDEZ-RIVERA, et al., Defendants—Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan S. Peters, San Juan, PR, with whom Andrés Guillemard-Noble and Nachman, Santiago & Guillemard, were on brief, for appellants.

John F. Nevares, San Juan, PR, with whom Lizzie M. Portela, Guaynabo, PR, and Smith & Nevares, Santurce, PR, were on brief, for appellee Carlos J. López-Feliciano.

Roxanna Badillo-Rodríguez, Assistant Solicitor General, San Juan, PR, with whom Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, and Edda Serrano-Blasini, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellees Fernando Vázquez-Gely, Felipe Aponte-Ortiz, Angel L. Díaz, Angel L. Hernández-Colón and Luis E. López-Lebrón.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, Jr., District Judge.

DiCLERICO, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, relatives of the decedent, Lionel Galletti Roque ("Galletti"), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendants, members of the Puerto Rico Police Department, seeking damages allegedly suffered when one of the defendants, Félix Hernández Rivera ("Hernández"), shot and killed Galletti during a fight at a bar. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding...

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