Legal Opinion
Merritt Sharp, III v. County of Orange
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 19, 2017No. 15-56146PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent by Judge N.R. SMITH
*905OPINION
EBEL, Circuit Judge:
This case arises out of the execution of an arrest warrant gone wrong. Plaintiffs Merritt L. Sharp III (Sharp III) and Carol Sharp (Carol) were in their home when several sheriff deputies arrived. The deputies had an arrest warrant for Plaintiffs’ son Merritt L. Sharp IV (Sharp IV), whom they believed was residing in his parents’ home. During the pursuit of Sharp IV, however, the deputies mistakenly arrested his father Sharp III, believing him to be the subject of the warrant. In the course of that arrest, one of the deputies forcefully…
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