Zasha Zambrana-Marrero v. Carlos Suarez-Cruz

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1999-04-21

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COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge. This case requires us to examine once again the often difficult concept of “under color of state law” as it relates to the death of a private individual at the hands of police officers. Plaintiffs, the widow and four children of Rembert Zambrana-Rod-riguez (“Zambrana”), filed this lawsuit seeking damages under 42 U.S.C…

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