Diaz-Nieves v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

BRUCE J. McGIVERIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

In this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), Joel Diaz-Nieves (“Joel Diaz”), his mother Aida Nieves-Perez (“Nieves”), his father Saul Diaz-Rodriguez (“Saul Diaz”), and his brother Giovanny Diaz-Nieves (Giovanny Diaz) (collectively, “plaintiffs”) sued the government for damages arising out of Joel Diaz’s arrest on October 6, 2010. Docket No. 1. Before the court is the government’s motion for partial summary judgment.1 Docket No. 45 (“Mot.”). Plaintiffs opposed and presented a cross-motion for partial summary…