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A Puerto Rican Federal Prisoner’s Horrifying Account of What the Prison did After Hurricane Maria
Article • April 30, 2018
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Plumbing, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Fire Hoses, Guards/Staff
A Puerto Rican Federal Prisoner’s Horrifying Account of What the Prison did After Hurricane Maria by Milton Pinilla describes a horrific week of violence, humiliation and fear. by Nick Chrastil,  ThinkProgress Like much of Puerto Rico, the island’s only federal detention center ­– the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo – …
Summary Judgment Reversed in Puerto Rican Arrestee’s Wrongful Death Suit
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Excessive Force, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Police)
Summary Judgment Reversed in Puerto Rican Arrestee’s Wrongful Death Suit by In February 2016, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Puerto Rico police officers in a civil rights action alleging they used excessive force against an arrestee and denied him medical care. The …
Caballero v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Appeal from Magistrate's Order (2010)
Brief • February 22, 2010
Filed under: Appeals, Expert Witnesses
Caballero v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Appeal from Magistrate's Order (2010) Case 3:07-cv-01665-ADC-JA Document 71 Filed 02/22/2010 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO RITA CABALLERO; GRISELLE MIRANDA CABALLERO Plaintiffs CIVIL NO. 07-1665 (ADC) v. HOSPITAL ESPANOL AUXILIO MUTUO DE PUERTO RICO, …