Legal Opinion
Hung Lam v. City of San Jose
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2017No. 16-16052PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from a shooting that occurred when San Jose Police Department Officer Dondi West responded to a 911 dispatch regarding two people arguing and one of them — Hung Lam — having a knife. Officer West arrived on the scene and attempted to subdue Lam (the details of which are disputed), which resulted in Officer West shooting Lam in the back and rendering him a paraplegic. Lam sued Officer West, the City of San Jose, and the San Jose police chief for violations of his state and federal rights. A jury found Officer West used unreasonable force…
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