United States Ninth Circuit

An officer who conducted a coercive custodial interrogation of a suspect being treated for life-threatening gunshot wounds inflicted by the police is not entitled to qualified immunity from monetary action under 42 USC 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

• Before:  WARDLAW, PAEZ, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alan Witosky & Jeffrey Held, Oxnard, CA, for the Defendant-Appellant., Samuel Paz & Sonia Mercado, Los Angeles, CA, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.