United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants on claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 involving allegations of false arrest and excessive force resulting in plaintiff's son's death is affirmed where the police conduct at issue did not deprive decedent of a constitutional right, and the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying a request for additional discovery.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/16/2005
• Decided 04/03/2006
• Published 04/03/2006

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge., Before JOHN T. NOONAN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory M. Haynes, Daly City, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Bonta (argued) and Jonathan U. Lee, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.