Gary Klein v. City of Beverly Hills

OPINION

Gary Klein sued the City of Beverly Hills, its police chief, and others for investigating him in connection with his wife’s death, claiming that the search warrants for his home and computer were obtained through judicial deception. We must decide when a judicial deception claim accrues.

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A

Gary Klein’s wife unexpectedly died at the age of forty-one. During the course of its investigation, the Beverly Hills Police Department came to suspect that Klein may have poisoned her. The police obtained three search warrants to search Klein’s home and computer. Despite an extensive and lengthy…