Legal Opinion
Mendez v. County of San Bernardino
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2008No. 19-16550PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Evangelina Mendez (“Mendez”) and members of her family brought this suit against the County of San Bernardino, the City of Hesperia, the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department and various individual defendants (collectively, “the County”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, alleging violations of their civil rights. This case arose from the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of Mendez’s deaf- mute son, Ignacio, in July 2002. Although the legality of the shooting itself was not challenged, Mendez and another of her sons,…
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