Legal Opinion
Feliciano-Hernandez v. Pereira-Castillo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 2011No. 11-1052PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 1981, Angel Luis Feliciano-Hernández, a habitual offender with a record of sexual abuse and rape, was convicted of crimes and sentenced by a Puerto Rico court to a term of perpetual imprisonment for treatment until his rehabilitation, to last a minimum of twelve years. That twelve-year minimum sentence ended in 1993, and Felieiano-Hernández was not released from prison until 2008, fifteen years later.
On June 23, 2009, Felieiano-Hernández brought suit in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The defendants are five named former Secretaries of the Puerto Rico Department of…
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