Legal Opinion
Penilla v. City of Huntington Park
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1997No. 95-56254PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In the late morning of May 15, 1994 Juan Penilla (“Penilla”) was on the porch of his home in Huntington Park, California.1 He became seriously ill. His neighbors and a passerby called 911 for emergency medical services, and attempted to assist Penilla until emergency services arrived. Huntington Park Police Officers Settles and Tua arrived first. The officers examined Penilla, found him to be in grave need of medical care, cancelled the request for paramedics, broke the lock and door jamb on the front door of Penilla’s residence, moved him inside the house, locked the door, and left at…
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