Legal Opinion
Reyes Vargas v. Rosello Gonzalez
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 20, 2001No. Civ. 00-1750(PG)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
On July 23, 1999, Esteban Sierra Nieves, an inmate under the custody of the Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections, was stabbed to death by five fellow inmates. Decedent’s mother, sisters, wife and son brought action under the Fifth, Eight and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 31 L.P.R.A. § 1802 of the Puerto Rican Civil Code.
Before the Court is co-defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and (6) and co-defendants’ Rosello, Laboy, Rivera and Malave Motion to Join Motion to…
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