Jose Valdivieso Ortiz v. Melquiades Burgos, Pablo Robles Robles

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1986-12-12

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COFFIN, Circuit Judge. This case arises out of the death of Jose Valdivieso Ortiz, who allegedly was beaten by guards and dealt a fatal blow to the head while an inmate at the Guayama Regional Detention Center in Puerto Rico. The narrow question before us is whether his stepfather and siblings have a constitutionally protected interest…

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