Legal Opinion
Calero-Colon v. Betancourt-Lebron
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 17, 1995No. 95-1193PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Ricardo Calero-Colón (“Calero”) and Eric Robles-Abraham (“Robles”) challenge a district court ruling dismissing their civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). As the district court incorrectly concluded that their *2claims were time-barred, we vacate the judgments and remand for further proceedings.
I
BACKGROUND1
On February 9, 1993, Calero commenced this action against various police officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and their confidential informants. Robles followed suit on…
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