Legal Opinion
Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon Pizarro
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 94-2138PublishedCited by 446 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises interesting questions about the contours of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) and the reach of the Supreme Court’s core holding in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Servs. Dep’t, 489 U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998, 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989). Concluding, as we do, that the court below appropriately applied DeShaney, we affirm the entry of summary judgment in the defendants’ favor.
I. BACKGROUND
Consistent with the method of Fed. R.Civ.P. 56, we canvass the material facts in a light that flatters, but does not impermissi-bly distort, the plaintiffs claims. We then recount…
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