Legal Opinion
Mia Fontana v. D.E. Haskin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2001No. 99-56629PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We disagree with the district court’s narrow reading of the complaint. It adequately alleged a violation of Fonta-na’s civil rights. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
/. Facts and Procedural History
In the early morning of August 22, 1997, Mia Fontana (“Fontana” or “plaintiff’) was involved in a car accident on a Southern California freeway that left her vehicle off the road. California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) Officer Dana Haskin (“Haskin” or “defendant”) and…
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