Legal Opinion
Nestor Ayala Serrano v. Cruz Lebron Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 1990No. 89-1366PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RE, Chief Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Cruz Lebrón González (Lebrón), a prison officer, appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico which, after a bench trial, granted plaintiff-appellee Néstor Ayala Serrano (Ayala), an inmate, $20,000, with costs, for deprivation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Ayala alleged that, on May 11, 1983, while an inmate at the State Penitentiary in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, he was assaulted and stabbed by two other inmates. Ayala also alleged that Lebrón, who was present at the time of the assault, violated Ayala’s…
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