REYES VARGAS v. ROSELLO GONZALEZ

No. Civ. 00-1750(PG).

135 F.Supp.2d 305 (2001)

Raquel REYES VARGAS, et al., Plaintiffs v. Pedro ROSELLO GONZALEZ, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos V. Garcia-Gutierrez, Eileen Ramos-Rosario, Rosa M. Cruz-Niemiec, San Juan, for Raquel Reyes-Vargas, Vanessa Espinel-Reyes, Luz Espinel-Reyes, Emily Maduro as legal guardian of Jesus Maduro, Jesus Maduro.

Luis Berrios-Amadeo, Cancio, Nadal, Rivera & Diaz, Jo-Ann Estades-Boyer, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, Victoria D. Pierce-King, Cancio, Nadal, Rivera & Diaz, San Juan, for Pedro J. Rossello-Gonzalez, Maga Nevares-De-Rossello, Conjugal Partnership Rossello-Nevares.

Jo-Ann Estades-Boyer, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, for Zoe Laboy-Alvarado, John Doe 00CV50+00001, Conjugal Partnership Ochoa-Laboy, Nuria Rivera, Hector Fontanez, and/or John Doe, Jane Doe 00CV50+00002, Conjugal Partnership Fontanez-Doe, Amaury Perez-Salas, Regional, Jane Doe 00CV50+00003, Conjugal Partnership Perez-Doe, Carlos Rodriguez-Delgado, Jane Doe 00CV50+00004, Conjugal Partnership Rodriguez-Doe, Luis Aponte, Jane Doe 00CV50+00005, Conjugal Partnership Aponte-Doe, Felix Rodriguez-Mateo, Jane Doe 00CV50+00006, Conjugal Partnership Rodriguez-Doe, Luis Malave, Jane Doe 00CV50+00007, Conjugal Partnership Malave-Doe, Jose Sanchez-Acevedo, Jane Doe 00CV50+00008, Conjugal Partnership Sanchez-Doe, Eliezer Rivera, Jane Doe 00CV50+00009, Conjugal Partnership Rivera-Doe, Angel Cruz-Febus, Jane Doe 00CV50+00010, Conjugal Partnership Cruz-Doe, John Doe, John Serrano-De-Leon, Jane Doe 00CV50+00011, Conjugal Partnership Serrano-Doe, Emiliano Rodriguez-Echevaria, Jane Doe 00CV50+00012, Conjugal Partnership Rodriguez-Doe, Carlos Rios-Ocasio, Jane Doe 00CV50+00013, Conjugal Partnership Rios-Doe.


OPINION & ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.

On July 23, 1999, Esteban Sierra Nieves, an inmate under the custody of the Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections, was stabbed to death by five fellow inmates. Decedent's mother, sisters, wife and son brought action under the Fifth, Eight and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 31 L.P.R.A. § 1802 of the Puerto Rican Civil Code.

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