Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1980No. 77-1458PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Hernandez appeals from a grant of summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Los Angeles, its chief of police, and three named police officers, invoking this court’s jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). We reverse and remand.
Hernandez’s complaint alleged that police officers used excessive force in the course of arresting him, thus violating his civil rights. The defendants moved for summary judgment, contending that the issue of the officers’ use of excessive force had been determined adversely to Hernandez in a prior…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by48 opinions
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