Legal Opinion
Tortu v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 2009No. 06-16663PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
Christopher Tortu appeals the district court’s order granting defendant Officer Eugene Engle’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and, in the alternative, his motion for a new trial. After the jury returned a verdict in favor of Officers Richard Cashton and Duane Cowley but finding Engle liable, the district court granted Engle’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) motion for judgment as a matter of law and, alternatively, his Rule 59 motion for a new trial. However, neither Engle nor the other two officers filed a Rule 50(a) motion for judgment as a matter of law. Tortu claims this…
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