Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Gates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2002No. 01-56339PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
This case arose from the bloody aftermath of a robbery in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. After police surrounded the getaway car, the two robbers, Robert Cunningham and Daniel Soly, exchanged gunfire with the police. Soly died and Cunningham was seriously injured. Cunningham was later tried and convicted of, among other things, murdering Soly by provoking the police to shoot. Soly’s parents and Cunningham filed civil rights claims against the police and other defendants associated with the City of Los Angeles, alleging that police used excessive force in…
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