Ortiz v. Jimenez-Sanchez

OPINION AND ORDER

SALVADOR E. CASELLAS, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment, Dockets ## 64 & 74, the plaintiffs’ oppositions thereto, Dockets ## 75, 78, and the defendants’ replies. Dockets ## 86 & 89. For the reasons laid out below, the defendants’ motions are GRANTED.

Factual and Procedural Background

“Family issues, including abuse and custody,” Judge Boudin has sagaciously remarked, “are among the most difficult for the law to resolve.” Brown v. Ives, 129 F.3d 209, 213 (1st Cir.1997). This is because “[sjtandards tend to be vague,…