United States Ninth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a false arrest, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed in part, where there was no evidence that Defendants ignored exculpatory evidence, but reversed in part, where genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether Defendant-Officer fabricated evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2008
• Decided 03/30/2009
• Published 03/30/2009

Judges

• Before:  STEPHEN S. TROTT, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark E. Overland, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael M. Mullins and Nowland C. Hong (argued), Akerman Senterfitt LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.