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VALDIZAN v. RIVERA-HERNANDEZ

No. 05-2215.

445 F.3d 63 (2006)

Kevin VALDIZÁN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Victor RIVERA-HERNANDEZ, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celina Romany, with whom Celina Romany Law Offices was on brief, for appellant.

Francisco R. Gonzalez, with whom Bufete F.R. Gonzalez was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

"Qualified immunity protects public officials from civil liability insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Surprenant v. Rivas, 424 F.3d 5, 14 (1st Cir.2005) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). A public official's assertion of a qualified immunity defense engenders a tripartite analysis...

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