Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Torres
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2010No. 09-35098PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TASHIMA; Dissent by Judge MARSHALL.
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
On May 8, 2005, Defendant-Appellant Rick Torres (“Torres”) shot and killed Jason Scott Wilkinson (“Wilkinson”) as Wilkinson was driving a stolen minivan in a residential yard where the officers were on foot. Plaintiffs-Appellees Scott Wilkinson, Alisha Wilkinson, and the estate of Jason Scott Wilkinson (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought an action against Toi'res and others, alleging that their constitutional rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by Torres’ use of deadly force. Torres moved…
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