Legal Opinion
Allene Gates v. John Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1993No. 91-56484PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
Aleñe Gates (Gates) brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against John Rivera (Rivera), a Santa Ana police officer, for using excessive force against her son, Marvin McGensey by intentionally shooting him to death. A jury returned a verdict for Rivera, and judgment was entered in his favor. Finding the evidentiary rulings attacked on appeal to be correct or, in two cases, harmless error, we affirm.
FACTS
On Sunday, February 6, 1989 Rivera was house-hunting in Riverside, California with his wife, Susan, who was at the wheel of their car. Rivera was a police…
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