Rivera v. Rhode Island

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• holding that substantive due process rights of murder witness, who was killed on the orders of the murderer, were not violated by police who failed to protect her after promising to do so
• holding that in substantive due process cases, the Court must first examine whether the facts alleged state a claim for a constitutional violation, and then whether particular defendants are liable under § 1983
• holding that in substantive due process cases, the Court must first examine whether the facts alleged state a claim for a constitutional violation, and then whether particular defendants are liable under § 1983
• finding that the police’s unkept promises to protect a witness who was ultimately murdered were insufficient to demonstrate a constitutional violation
• finding that police failure to protect a fifteen year old witness, resulting in her being shot to death, did not shock the conscience
• considering application of the doctrine where a witness was murdered the day before testifying in court and her estate alleged police should have protected her

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