Legal Opinion
Flora Santana v. Jenaro Collazo Collazo, Flora Santana, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jenaro Collazo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 30, 1983No. 82-1345, 82-1418PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
In October, 1975, eight juvenile residents of the Mayaguez Industrial School (Mayaguez), in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, filed a complaint, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, urging the court to declare conditions at Mayaguez unconstitutional. Since that time, two similar suits have been consolidated with the first, and the actions have been certified as a class action on behalf of all present and future juveniles committed to Mayaguez or the Maricao Juvenile Camp (Maricao), in Maricao, Puerto Rico. In addition, on December 6, 1976, the court accepted a Complaint in Intervention of the…
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