Legal Opinion
Ruiz Romero v. Gonzalez Caraballo
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 11, 1988No. Civ. 87-1425 (JP)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
This is a police brutality case. Plaintiff alleges that, while nine-months pregnant, she was beaten by officers of the Police of Puerto Rico. The defendants do not deny that plaintiff was taken into custody after an altercation on Ashford Avenue in the Condado, Puerto Rico, but they are prepared to offer a quite different account of Ruiz’ arrest. Ruiz makes two basic constitutional claims. First, plaintiff claims that her arrest, incarceration, and prosecution were in retaliation for exercise of her right to free speech. Second, plaintiff also alleges…
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