Legal Opinion
Todd JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arb CAMPBELL; Charles Gross; City of Newport Beach; Donald Strauss, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1996No. 94-55408PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Todd Johnson brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Campbell, a police officer, used excessive force against him during the course of his arrest. The jury returned a verdict for the defense. On appeal, Johnson contends that the district court erred by refusing to question a juror about his sexual orientation when Johnson made a Batson objection to the defense’s peremptory challenge of the juror. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We need not decide the question whether a challenge…
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