Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Rivera-Garcia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 1998No. 97-2252PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, the heirs of Jesús’ Ríos Qui-ñones (Ríos), allege that local plenipotentiaries conspired to convict Rios for a murder that he did not commit and that a different set of public officials failed to provide Rios with adequate medical cafe during his incarceration (leading to his premature death). The district court dismissed the complaint, and the plaintiffs appeal. We affirm (though our reasoning diverges at times from that of the lower court).
I. BACKGROUND
If recited here in full flower, the aver-ments in the complaint would seem to have been lifted from the…
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