Legal Opinion
Billington v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2002No. Nos. 00-36062, 00-36075PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.
We consider whether a police officer is entitled to qualified immunity for shooting and killing a motorist.
*1180FACTS
The police officer sued in this case, David Smith, is a detective with the Boise City Police Department. When he came off his shift on the night at issue, he did a stint as a private security guard (as department policy allowed) at a Neil Diamond concert, where his wife and daughter were ushers. Late that evening, as he drove them home in his unmarked police car (also as allowed by department policy), the decedent in this case, Ryan Hennes-sey, passed…
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