Legal Opinion
Zasha Zambrana-Marrero v. Carlos Suarez-Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 21, 1999No. 98-1601PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to examine once again the often difficult concept of “under color of state law” as it relates to the death of a private individual at the hands of police officers. Plaintiffs, the widow and four children of Rembert Zambrana-Rod-riguez (“Zambrana”), filed this lawsuit seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Puerto Rico law after Zambrana died from injuries he suffered when two police officers intervened in a fight at a bar. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and dismissed the pendent state law claims, on the…
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