Legal Opinion
Hector Guzmn-Rivera v. Hector Rivera-Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1996No. 95-2054PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
The parties come before us for the third time in as many years. This time, defendants-appellants appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The district court found the qualified immunity defense to have been waived by defendants’ failure to raise the issue earlier in the proceedings. We affirm the district court’s denial of defendants-appellants summary judgment motion. We agree with the finding of waiver to the extent that the district court found the qualified immunity defense waived for the pretrial stage,…
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