Legal Opinion
Denise Green v. City & County of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 12, 2014No. 11-17892PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SESSIONS, District Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Denise Green appeals from the district court’s judgment granting summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees dismissing her § 1983 and state law claims for wrongful detention, false arrest, and excessive force. Green’s suit arose out of a vehicular stop performed by Sergeant Ja Han Kim of the San Francisco Police Department (“SFPD”) after the SFPD’s Automatic License Plate Reader (“ALPR”) mistakenly identified Green’s Lexus as a stolen vehicle. Without visually confirming the license plate, Sergeant Kim made a “high-risk” stop during which…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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