United States Ninth Circuit

In a section 1983 action alleging excessive force, defendant-police officers are entitled to qualified immunity on the ground that they did not exceed constitutional limits on the use of deadly force when they shot the victim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2005
• Decided 05/06/2005
• Published 05/06/2005

Judges

• Before: NOONAN, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stewart Katz, John M. Poswall, for plaintiff-appellant Matthew Aaron Blanford.


• For Appellees:
  
• Terence J. Cassidy (argued), Jennifer E. Duggan, Carl J. Calnero (on the brief), Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, for defendants-appellees County of Sacramento, Lou Blanas, Brett Anderson, and Todd Hengel.