Legal Opinion
Sandoval v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2014No. 12-15654PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of the events of October 24, 2009, when the Las Vegas police, on the lookout for two white males, mistook a teenaged boy and his friends, all Hispanic, for intruders in the boy’s own home. In the course of the afternoon, police pointed guns at the boys, entered the home without a warrant, handcuffed and detained the boys and others, and shot and killed the family dog. The family (“the Sandovals” 1 ) brought suit against the police, alleging violations of their constitutional rights and related rights under state law. The district court…
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