CENTRO MEDICO DEL TURABO v. FELICIANO DE MELECIO

No. 04-1967.

406 F.3d 1 (2005)

CENTRO MEDICO DEL TURABO, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carmen FELICIANO DE MELECIO, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fernando E. Agrait, with whom Orlando H. Martínez-Echeverría was on brief, for appellants.

Doraliz E. Ortiz-de-León, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Roberto J. Sánchez Ramos, Solicitor General, Kenneth Pamias Velázquez, Deputy Solicitor General, and Camelia Fernández-Romeu, Office of the Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, the plaintiffs challenge the district court's dismissal of their complaint, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failure to state a claim upon which relief might be granted. After careful consideration of the briefs and the record, we conclude that the most recent incident described in the complaint was not actionable; that the earlier incidents fell outside the limitations period; and, therefore, that the district court properly...

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