United States Ninth Circuit

Proper evaluation of an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for police officers' use of excessive force depends primarily on credibility determinations and factual inferences for the jury to consider; where questions of material fact existed as to the amount and reasonableness of the force used, summary judgment for defendants was improper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2001
• Decided 04/23/2002
• Published 04/23/2002

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge., Before: REINHARDT and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and DAMRELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen Yagman, Yagman, Yagman & Reichmann, Venice, CA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet Bogigian, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees.