Legal Opinion
Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 9, 2002No. 00-17369PublishedCited by 289 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves a claim that a county coroner falsified an autopsy report, leading to the false arrest and prosecution of plaintiff Nelson Galbraith (“Galbraith”) for murder in violation of his constitutional rights. The central question is whether a heightened pleading standard should continue to apply to constitutional tort claims in which improper motive is an element. See Branch v. Tunnell, 937 F.2d 1382, 1385-88 (9th Cir.1991). In light of intervening Supreme Court cases, we hold that the Branch heightened pleading standard no longer applies. See…
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