Rodriguez v. Zepeda

PER CURIAM: *

Hermenegildo Rodriguez, a Texas resident, appeals from the district court’s entry of judgment in favor of defendantappellee Robert Zepeda, a police officer, following a jury trial in Rodriguez’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. Rodriguez contends that the district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence that he used drugs on the day he was shot by Officer Zepeda.

In his complaint, Rodriguez alleged that Officer Zepeda subjected him to excessive force when he shot Rodriguez without provocation, while Zepeda and other police officers were executing a search warrant…