United States Ninth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law action brought by plaintiff-mother against the city and county of Honolulu and a police officer alleging, inter alia, that he used deadly force against her son in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the officer acted in an objectively reasonable manner under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2007
• Decided 12/21/2007
• Published 12/21/2007

Judges

• MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jack Schweigert, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian Y. Hiyane, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellees.