Legal Opinion
McSherry v. City of Long Beach
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2009No. 06-55837PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
This case is before us for the second time. 1 In this appeal, Leonard McSherry appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity to the City of Long Beach (“City”), Long Beach Police Department (“LBPD”), Officer Norman Turley, and Sergeant Carthel S. Roberson. The allegations in this case stem from a kidnaping, rape, and molestation that occurred in Long Beach, California, in March of 1988. After McSherry served almost fourteen years in prison for these crimes, he was exonerated by DNA evidence and a confession by the actual…
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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