Legal Opinion

Leonel Buenrostro v. Pablo Collazo, A/K/A Pablo Collazo Marrero

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 26, 1992No. 91-2337PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee Leonel Buenrostro, portraying himself as a victim of mistaken identity and misplaced zeal, sued a number of police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). 1 The defendants unsuccessfully attempted to pretermit the suit on qualified immunity grounds. The district court denied their motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

I

Consistent with the method of Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(c), we take the record in the light most hospitable to the party opposing summary judgment and indulge all reasonable inferences favorable to him. See Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc., 895 F.2d…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by97 opinions

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