Legal Opinion
Ryan Robles v. Otero De Ramos
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided November 9, 1989No. Civ. 86-1841 HLPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, District Judge.
The issue presented in this section 1983 claim is whether a penal guard could have reasonably believed it was lawful to shoot at an escapee from prison after the inmate tried to attack the guard with a spear, when the guard had attempted to physically prevent the escape, had ordered the prisoner to halt, and had fired a warning shot in the air prior to shooting at the escaping prisoner.
This action arose when plaintiff Rafael Angel Ryan Robles (“Ryan”), a convicted felon, 1 was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the Young Adults…
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