Legal Opinion
Bruce Lisker v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2015No. 13-55374PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Bruce Lisker was convicted of second-degree murder, served over twenty-six years in custody, and was released in 2009 after a federal judge determined falsified evidence had been introduced at trial and conditionally granted a writ of habeas corpus. The State then dismissed the charges against Lisker.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Lisker seeks damages from two Los Angeles Police Department detectives for fabricating reports, investigative notes, and photographs of the crime scene during the homicide investigation. The detectives also testified during…
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