MELÉNDEZ-GARCÍA v. SÁNCHEZ

No. 08-2530.

629 F.3d 25 (2010)

Segundo MELÉNDEZ-GARCÍA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jorge L. SÁNCHEZ; George V. Hillyer; Carlos G. Ramos-Bellido; Jimmy Torres; Artemio de Jesús; John Doe; A-Z Ins. Co., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Heard June 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Meléndez-Albizu , with whom Gerardo De Jesús-Annoni and Law Offices of Luis A. Meléndez-Albizu were on brief, for appellant.

Efraín Maceira-Ortiz , for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and BARBADORO, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

On April 30, 2001, Segundo Meléndez-García ("Meléndez"), a Reserve Officers' Training Corps ("ROTC") officer, was assaulted during a student protest on the University of Puerto Rico's Río Piedras campus ("the UPR-RP campus"). Due to the university's non-confrontation policy, Puerto Rico Police Department ("PRPD") officers were unable to come to his aid. In April 2002, Meléndez sued various university officials pursuant...

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