Legal Opinion
Rivera-Jimenez v. Pierluisi
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 2004No. 02-2439, 02-2440PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants seek to appeal the district court’s denial of their summary judgment motions. The motions were predicated in part on a state official’s qualified immunity from suit. Plaintiffs-appel-lees Claribel Rivera-Jiménez (“Rivera”) and Elisbel Maldonado-Rivera (“Maldonado”) challenge this court’s jurisdiction to review the appeal. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in part and dismiss in part.
I. Background
Plaintiffs Rivera and Maldonado brought an action in September 1997 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of their rights under the First…
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