Legal Opinion

VAZQUEZ-CRUZ v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided February 3, 2009No. Civil 08-1673 (JAG)Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Commonwealth”), Puerto Rico Police Department (“PR Police”) and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (“DOJ”), (hereinafter “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss. For the reasons set forth below the Court GRANTS in part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June 19, 2008, Plaintiff Freddie A. Vazquez Cruz, (“Plaintiff’) filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”), the Puerto Rico Department of…

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