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MARTINEZ-RIVERA v. SANCHEZ RAMOS

No. 06-2398.

498 F.3d 3 (2007)

Cruz MARTÍNEZ-RIVERA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Roberto SÁNCHEZ RAMOS, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo-Ann Estades Boyer, for appellants.

Salvador J. Antonnetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, with whom Mariana Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitor General, and Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown, Assistant Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellees Roberto Sánchez Ramos and Pedro Toledo.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, HOWARD, Circuit Judge, and SAYLOR, District Judge.

SAYLOR, District Judge.

This appeal arises out of the sua sponte dismissal of a civil rights action. The complaint sought damages for the death of Luis Cepeda Martínez, allegedly at the hands of Puerto Rico police officers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and various state law theories. Plaintiffs sued multiple defendants, including Roberto Sánchez Ramos, Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, and Pedro Toledo, Superintendent of the Puerto...

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