Legal Opinion
Tennison v. City and County of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2009No. 06-15426PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
John Tennison and Antoine Goff (collectively “Plaintiffs”) served nearly thirteen years in state prison for a murder of which both have been declared factually innocent by the courts. They were both released from custody after the district court granted Tennison’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. Following their release, théy filed complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging, inter alia, that San Francisco Police Department (“SFPD”) homicide inspectors Prentice Earl Sanders and Napoleon Hendrix (together “Inspectors”) withheld exculpatory evidence and…
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