Legal Opinion
Hooper v. County of San Diego
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2011No. 09-55954PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Deborah Hooper appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants on her excessive force claims. The district court held that Hooper’s § 1983 claim was barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), as a result of her conviction for resisting a peace officer under California Penal Code § 148(a)(1). We reverse the district court’s decision on Hooper’s § 1983 claim.
I. Background
On May 9, 2006, Deborah Hooper was detained by a privately employed loss prevention officer at a Long’s Drugs store in Encinitas,…
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