Legal Opinion
Liberal v. Estrada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 19, 2011No. 08-17360PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Kesner Liberal sued the City of Menlo Park (“City”) and seven of its police officers, individually and in their official capacities, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for violations of his civil rights arising from a traffic stop and subsequent events. He also brought several claims under California law against the City and its officers. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting federal qualified immunity and state statutory immunity. The district court denied several officers’ claims of qualified immunity on Plaintiffs § 1983 claims. With regard…
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