Legal Opinion
Parrilla-Burgos v. Hernandez-Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 21, 1997No. 96-1136PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DiCLERICO, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, relatives of the decedent, Lionel Galletti Roque (“Galletti”), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendants, members of the Puerto Rico Police Department, seeking damages allegedly suffered when one of the defendants, Félix Hernández Rivera (“Hernández”), shot and killed Galletti during a fight at a bar. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that Hernán-dez, who was on medical leave at the time of the shooting, was not acting under color of state law. The district court initially denied…
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3Cited by78 opinions
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