Legal Opinion
Ruiz-Rosa v. Rivera-Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 2007No. 06-1761PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DiCLERICO, District Judge.
Angelina Ruiz-Rosa brought suit against officials of the Puerto Rico prison system and prison medical personnel after her eighteen-year-old son, Jose Luis Ma-chuca-Ruiz, died of septicemia while being detained at the Bayamón 1072 Correctional Complex (“BCC”). In her amended complaint, Ruiz alleged violations of the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and medical malpractice under Puerto Rico law. The district court dismissed her suit as a sanction for failing to comply with its order to allege her claims as directed, and…
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