Hernandez v. City of Reno

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment granting involuntary dismissals in an action based upon an allegedly false arrest and subsequent false imprisonment, and from several other orders entered by the district court. The appellant, Richard Leon Hernandez, brought suit against the City of Reno, County of Washoe, City of Salt Lake City, County of Salt Lake, and unidentified John Does, contending that they jointly and severally had falsely arrested and unjustifiably confined him for some forty-two days.

At the inception of the litigation, the district court granted…