RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ v. ORTIZ-VELEZ

No. 03-2123.

391 F.3d 36 (2004)

Reynaldo RODRÍGUEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Zenaida Vega-Santiago and their conjugal partnership; Radamés Santiago-López and Angel O. Vélez-Pacheco, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Miguel G. ORTIZ-VÉLEZ and Katia Medina-Pedraza, in their personal capacities, Defendants, Appellants. Sabana Grande Municipality; Luis A. Báez, Sabana Grande Commissioner; Osvaldo Ocasio-Rodríguez; Persons X, Y, Z; JAnet Lnu, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johanna M. Emmanuelli-Huertas with whom Law Offices of Pedro E. Ortiz-Álvarez, PSC was on brief for appellants.

Francisco R. González with whom F.R. González Law Office was on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves a federal civil rights suit brought by Reynaldo Rodríguez-Rodríguez ("Rodríguez") arising out of an election-week fracas that occurred on November 2, 2000, in the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. The defendants included Miguel Ortiz-Vélez ("Ortiz"), the mayor of Sabana Grande, and municipal police officer Katia Medina-Pedraza ("Medina"). These two defendants now appeal from the district court...

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