Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 6, 2005No. 04-1217, 04-1218, 04-1219PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Justin Whitfield was shot twice in the left leg by two municipal police officers as he retreated from the scene of an apparent arson at a parking garage in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Alleging that the officers had employed excessive force, and that the mayor and the police commissioner of the city had failed to adopt and implement regulations and training programs instructing local police on the proper use of deadly force, Whitfield and his parents brought suit under, inter alia, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Whitfield additionally brought suit against the city, seeking to hold it liable…
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