Legal Opinion
Alsina-Ortiz v. Laboy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 9, 2005No. 03-2611PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This case arises out of the .death in prison of Orlando Ocasio Alsina (“Ocasio”) and the subsequent suit of his mother and heir, Maria Alsina Ortiz (“Alsina”), against various Puerto Rico prison officials.
On November 8, 1997, Ocasio — then an inmate at the Bayamón prison in Puerto Rico — was injured by a blow to the head in a prison riot. He received medical attention at a regional hospital but was left with head pain, convulsions, and one side of his body paralyzed. CT scans showed no brain damage and Ocasio was returned to his cell at Bayamón on November 15. It is his…
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