United States Ninth Circuit
C.B. v. City of Sonora, 11-17454
Judgment in favor of plaintiff in a civil rights action arising out of the handcuffing and removal from school of plaintiff when he was eleven years old, is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the verdict form and protracted unscripted discussions between the district judge and the jurors were so confusing and potentially misleading as to require a new trial; and 2) defendant-police officers were entitled to qualified immunity as to plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 because the law was, and still is, not clearly established that handcuffing and driving a juvenile from school to a relative's place of business implicates Fourth Amendment rights.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/12/2013
- Published 09/12/2013
Judges
- ZILLY
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit