United States Ninth Circuit

In a civil rights action against a city police department, alleging defendants violated and conspired to violate plaintiff's right to compulsory process and a fair trial by intimidating and attempting to dissuade a key witness from testifying on behalf of the defense, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is reversed where plaintiff adequately alleged misconduct by officer-defendant that rose to the level of substantial interference with a defense witness in contravention of the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/03/14

Judges

• FERNANDEZ

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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