Perez-Acevedo v. Rivero-Cubano, 1st Cir. Mar. 12, 2008
06-2633 Perez-Acevedo v. Rivero-Cubano
Before Howard, Circuit Judge, Stahl and Siler,1 Senior Circuit Judges.
HOWARD, Circuit Judge. The appellants, who are poultry farmers, sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and two Commonwealth officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The farmers’ suit claimed that the defendants denied them certain benefits, in violation of their due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs also presented claims under Puerto Rico law, which were joined under supplemental jurisdiction. The magistrate judge dismissed the claims. We affirm. … Perez-Acevedo v. Rivero-Cubano.
- Of the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. [↩]
